WORT Local News

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.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 29th, 2021: Madison resumes controversial geese management strategies, state officials issue water safety warnings for the July 4th weekend, debate continues over Wisconsin’s federal pandemic aid and in the second half, we learn what’s happening at UW-Madison, raise baby sandhill cranes and discover supernovas.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 29th, 2021: Madison resumes controversial geese management strategies, state officials issue water safety warnings for the July 4th weekend, debate continues over Wisconsin’s federal pandemic aid and in the second half, we learn what’s happening at UW-Madison, raise baby sandhill cranes and discover supernovas.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 28th, 2021: Protesters march for citizenship and drivers’ licenses, The city of Madison releases its annual water quality report, internal and external political forces engulf a GOP state convention and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the railroad strike of 1922 and check out two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 28th, 2021: Protesters march for citizenship and drivers’ licenses, The city of Madison releases its annual water quality report, internal and external political forces engulf a GOP state convention and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the railroad strike of 1922 and check out two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 24th, 2021: Devil’s Lake State Park gets a bit bigger, lawmakers look to protect the state’s bees, a new report details barriers to voting for incarcerated folks and in the second half, we revisit the conundrum of broadband expansion, get a master class in open government and tour the Madison of yesteryear.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 24th, 2021: Devil’s Lake State Park gets a bit bigger, lawmakers look to protect the state’s bees, a new report details barriers to voting for incarcerated folks and in the second half, we revisit the conundrum of broadband expansion, get a master class in open government and tour the Madison of yesteryear.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021: The city of Stoughton works to replace lead pipelines, the Wisconsin Senate passes new beaver management policies, we “shore up” our Lake Michigan history, 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 June 1966.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021: The city of Stoughton works to replace lead pipelines, the Wisconsin Senate passes new beaver management policies, we “shore up” our Lake Michigan history, 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 June 1966.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021: Madison weighs federal relief aid priorities, A tornado siren mistakenly sounds off, the road to post-pandemic financial recovery for Wisconsin’s families is just getting started and in the second half, we profile a local non-profit, talk about bird feed and investigate a cosmic mystery.