WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Monday, April 6, 2026:

• We learn how a multi-city initiative is helping reduce climate emissions and renters' energy bills in one go,
• Check in on efforts to create an intergenerational space for children and seniors in Walworth County,
• Find out why more Wisconsin prisons and jails are offering opioid addiction medication,
• Examine Wisconsin’s voting policy and trends ahead of tomorrow’s election,
• Look back on the Red Scare-era exile of Charlie Chaplin,
• Review some new content available for streaming,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 1, 2026:

• We get a progress update on Madison's housing development goals,
• Detail a new landmark verdict that holds tech giants accountable for childhood social media addiction,
• Find out why student leaders are demanding democratic input over the UW System's financial assets,
• Examine the cost of college with a pair of UW-Madison student journalists,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Share a retrospective on Madison's only liberal mayor of the 1960s,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, March 31, 2026:

• We find out what's at stake in next week's Wisconsin Supreme Court election,
• Detail a grassroots effort to increase Latino voter access in the state,
• Meet a Dane County Circuit Court candidate who says she'd bring integrity and transparency to the bench,
• Examine the dangers of a widely-used herbicide,
• Sit down with a pair of Epic baristas,
• Describe the best — and safest — types of bird feed,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, March 30, 2026:

• We head to downtown Madison for this weekend's rally against the Trump regime,
• Talk judicial philosophy with an incumbent Dane County judge,
• Answer all of your burning questions about data centers,
• Commemorate the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment,
• Teach you how to mix up a Negroni cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, March 26, 2026:

• We detail county supervisors' misgivings amid contract negotiations with FPC Live,
• Find out why rural organizers are speaking out against data center development and CAFOs,
• Meet an incumbent county supervisor who wants to expand housing options in her community,
• Shed light on some stand-out reporting from this year's Sunshine Week,
• Tell you the best spots to cast your fishing line,
• Hear how Forward Madison FC's 2026 season is shaping up so far,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 25, 2026:

• We head to Bascom Hill for a rally sounding the alarm on UWPD's new surveillance tech,
• Learn how many Wisconsinites identify with Christian nationalism,
• Meet an incumbent supervisor who says the county needs to prioritize core services in the budget,
• Examine the low engagement in UW-Madison's student government,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, March 24, 2026:

• We check in on the partisan tug of war over Wisconsin's school funding system,
• Meet a county board candidate who's pledged to protect farmland and prevent urban sprawl,
• Predict how the war in Iran could impact food prices,
• Visit a local business that's bringing the art of tortilla-making to the Midwest,
• Track down an escaped snake at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, March 23, 2026:

• We find out why – and how – the city's independent police monitor used AI in their latest annual report,
• Meet a county board candidate who says infrastructure maintenance and emergency services should be first in line for funding,
• Continue our coverage of the "Embroidered with Pain" exhibit,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Teach you how to mix up a "Black and Tan,"
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, March 19, 2026:

• We explain what changes under Wisconsin's new breast cancer screening law,
• Meet an incumbent county supervisor who says local municipalities should have the final say on local issues,
• Hear the mission behind the "Embroidered with Pain" exhibit,
• Preview some upcoming events in the experimental music scene,
• Sit down with a bona fide world-builder,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 18, 2026:

• We hear how a cohort of city staff are advancing Madison's sustainability plan,
• Explain the mission behind the Educational Support Professionals Bill of Rights,
• Learn how data center developers are using NDAs and heavy redactions to keep Wisconsinites in the dark,
• Find out why the city of Madison and the UW Police Department are locked in a jurisdictional dispute,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1961,
• And much more.