WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 5th, 2021: Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway releases her 2022 operating budget, improperly recycled batteries are causing city vehicles to catch fire, the Wisconsin DNR takes an unprecedented move ahead of this fall’s wolf hunt and in the second half, we learn the latest from the UW, recycle old jack-o-lanterns, and ponder the vastness of the universe.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 4th, 2021: We recap the latest redistricting news, environmental groups are raising concerns about a proposed natural-gas plant we talk about what it takes to cover the obituary beat and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 4th, 2021: We recap the latest redistricting news, environmental groups are raising concerns about a proposed natural-gas plant we talk about what it takes to cover the obituary beat and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 30th, 2021: Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit project rolls forward, Wisconsinites are struggling with the cost of prescription drugs, A Dane County supervisor floats a resolution asking the federal government to end qualified immunity and in the second half, we take a closer look at redistricting, get an open government masterclass and explore personal histories through quilting.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 30th, 2021: Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit project rolls forward, Wisconsinites are struggling with the cost of prescription drugs, A Dane County supervisor floats a resolution asking the federal government to end qualified immunity and in the second half, we take a closer look at redistricting, get an open government masterclass and explore personal histories through quilting.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021: Fitchburg has a new top cop, Legislative Republicans approve new abortion laws, while legislative Democrats float a proposal to fund Wisconsin’s higher education organizations and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air, and the headlines from September 1968.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021: Fitchburg has a new top cop, Legislative Republicans approve new abortion laws, while legislative Democrats float a proposal to fund Wisconsin’s higher education organizations and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air, and the headlines from September 1968.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 28th, 2021: The World Dairy Expo returns to the Alliant Energy Center, Madison’s school board approves a staff vaccine mandate The state Senate confirms dozens of the governor’s political appointees and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, follow migratory birds and visit distant reaches of the Milky Way.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 28th, 2021: The World Dairy Expo returns to the Alliant Energy Center, Madison’s school board approves a staff vaccine mandate The state Senate confirms dozens of the governor’s political appointees and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, follow migratory birds and visit distant reaches of the Milky Way.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 27th, 2021: Dane County moves forward on new mental health projects, We check in on Wisconsin’s redistricting battles, Examine how over-policing in schools is impacting Wisconsin’s Black students and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the Los Angeles Times Bombing of 1910 and review two new films