WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday November 9th, 2021.Two Madison alders condemn UW Health’s stance toward a unionization campaign, COVID-19 vaccines are now available for most school-aged children, and in the second half, we examine voter turnout among U-W students, learn about reptile regulations and feel the gravitational pull of black holes.All these stories - and more - on tonight’s news.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 8th: * Bus rapid transit funding could hit a potential snag during budget week; * A new report finds that local governments, faced with few other revenue options, maintained a trend of raising wheel taxes by just over 12 percent last year; * UW-Madison raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation on Friday; * Plus, we dive into Madison lakes (metaphorically), recall the success of the Hormel sitdown strike of 1933, and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 8th: * Bus rapid transit funding could hit a potential snag during budget week; * A new report finds that local governments, faced with few other revenue options, maintained a trend of raising wheel taxes by just over 12 percent last year; * UW-Madison raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation on Friday; * Plus, we dive into Madison lakes (metaphorically), recall the success of the Hormel sitdown strike of 1933, and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, November 4th, 2021: Immigrants’ Rights activists demand action from federal Democrats, a team of divers extracts a 1,200-year-old canoe from Lake Mendota and in the second half we’ve got even more sunken ships and Radio Chipstone considers the artistry of lace.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, November 4th, 2021: Immigrants’ Rights activists demand action from federal Democrats, a team of divers extracts a 1,200-year-old canoe from Lake Mendota and in the second half we’ve got even more sunken ships and Radio Chipstone considers the artistry of lace.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021: The People’s Maps Commission releases its final redistricting recommendations, Menominee tribal members call for a new state investigation into Native residential schools, state lawmakers propose a plan to increase use of home solar panel and in the second half, we explore affordable housing for college students, consider condor genetics and learn how to make our very own moon.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021: The People’s Maps Commission releases its final redistricting recommendations, Menominee tribal members call for a new state investigation into Native residential schools, state lawmakers propose a plan to increase use of home solar panel and in the second half, we explore affordable housing for college students, consider condor genetics and learn how to make our very own moon.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 1st, 2021: The state’s top election official pushes back on calls for her resignation, a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol grounds gets final approval and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and examine long-term solutions to PFAS contamination.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 1st, 2021: The state’s top election official pushes back on calls for her resignation, a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol grounds gets final approval and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and examine long-term solutions to PFAS contamination.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, October 28th, 2021: State lawmakers weigh public input on Wisconsin’s redistricting process, Madison East High School’s Principal gets transferred, rural fire departments are facing staffing shortages and in the second half, we discuss online misinformation, open government issues and the deeper meaning of pants.