WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 8th, 2021: Governor Evers approves Wisconsin’s biennial budget, local leaders again take up police body cameras, Wisconsin’s supreme court restores regulatory powers to the DNR and in the second half, we talk about traditional Japanese printmaking and get a master class in open government.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, July 7th, 2021: The Madison Common Council temporarily rebuffs an effort to shut down a campsite at Reindahl Park, Dane County seeks your input on redistricting, we examine the efforts by Wauwatosa police to track protesters and we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and examine local government and civil rights in the second half of the show.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, July 7th, 2021: The Madison Common Council temporarily rebuffs an effort to shut down a campsite at Reindahl Park, Dane County seeks your input on redistricting, we examine the efforts by Wauwatosa police to track protesters and we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and examine local government and civil rights in the second half of the show.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 6th, 2021: Cottage Grove embarks in search of a new library, The governor defends signing opioid settlement legislation, Wort checks out a friendly auto shop on Madison’s north side and in the second half of the show, we follow Enbridge pipeline protests, keep track of house wrens and tune into cosmic static.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 6th, 2021: Cottage Grove embarks in search of a new library, The governor defends signing opioid settlement legislation, Wort checks out a friendly auto shop on Madison’s north side and in the second half of the show, we follow Enbridge pipeline protests, keep track of house wrens and tune into cosmic static.

Here's your WORT local news for Monday, July 5: The Madison city council is poised to again consider homeless encampments at Reindahl Park; residents and officials search for solutions amid a spate of traffic deaths on East Washington Avenue; we preview a busy week ahead in local politics with Forward; and our Monday Movie review features werewolves and soul music — all you need to start your week off right.

Here's your WORT local news for Monday, July 5: The Madison city council is poised to again consider homeless encampments at Reindahl Park; residents and officials search for solutions amid a spate of traffic deaths on East Washington Avenue; we preview a busy week ahead in local politics with Forward; and our Monday Movie review features werewolves and soul music — all you need to start your week off right.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 1: We break down the state budget that has landed on Governor Evers’ desk, and how it got there. What to know about this month’s Dane County Board special election. How clothing can be an armor and a tool for Black gay men and others entering unfamiliar space. Take a walk through an Edgerton-area antique store a generation in the making

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 1: We break down the state budget that has landed on Governor Evers’ desk, and how it got there. What to know about this month’s Dane County Board special election. How clothing can be an armor and a tool for Black gay men and others entering unfamiliar space. Take a walk through an Edgerton-area antique store a generation in the making

Here's your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 30th. It was a flurry of activity at the state Capitol, as the budget wraps up in the state legislature. Plus, many more bills are passed, and a Milwaukee social justice group says recent police reform proposals aren't enough.