WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 14th, 2021: Wisconsin’s supreme court weighs in on local public health measures, a new player enters the legal battle over PFAS contamination, Madison’s Crisis Response Team moves forward and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, take another look at gerrymandering and remember the peasant’s revolt of 1381.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 10th, 2021: The Dane County airport pushes ahead with a multi-million dollar expansion, state lawmakers consider new gun legislation, southern Wisconsin’s drought continues and in the second half, we talk Twitch streamers, open government, and guitar-making.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 10th, 2021: The Dane County airport pushes ahead with a multi-million dollar expansion, state lawmakers consider new gun legislation, southern Wisconsin’s drought continues and in the second half, we talk Twitch streamers, open government, and guitar-making.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 9th, 2021: It was a packed day in the legislature as lawmakers considered new voting laws, a four and a half billion dollar infusion for the state’s coffers, and a new bill to help disabled Wisconsinites afford medical costs. And stay tuned for the second half when we talk local government news, get the week’s weather forecast and look at the news from June, 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 9th, 2021: It was a packed day in the legislature as lawmakers considered new voting laws, a four and a half billion dollar infusion for the state’s coffers, and a new bill to help disabled Wisconsinites afford medical costs. And stay tuned for the second half when we talk local government news, get the week’s weather forecast and look at the news from June, 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 8th, 2021: Wisconsin gets an unexpected financial windfall, a Republican lawmaker targets a Stevens Point non-profit, Wisconsin’s prisons are poised to resume in-person visitation and in the second half, WORT dives into Madison’s housing crisis, contrasts ravens and crows and visits super-dense stars.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 8th, 2021: Wisconsin gets an unexpected financial windfall, a Republican lawmaker targets a Stevens Point non-profit, Wisconsin’s prisons are poised to resume in-person visitation and in the second half, WORT dives into Madison’s housing crisis, contrasts ravens and crows and visits super-dense stars.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 7th, 2021: We check in with Madison’s restaurant scene, Governor Tony Evers announces his re-election bid, state lawmakers debate local redistricting and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the life of Suffragette Jeannette Rankin and Desire Lines tells us a story of seven mothers.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 7th, 2021: We check in with Madison’s restaurant scene, Governor Tony Evers announces his re-election bid, state lawmakers debate local redistricting and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the life of Suffragette Jeannette Rankin and Desire Lines tells us a story of seven mothers.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 3rd, 2021: Critical race theory enters the Wisconsin legislature, some local residents plan to be annexed, workers at Meriter Hospital advocate for better working conditions and in the second half, a UW-Madison group preserves Indigenous languages and Radio Chipstone visits a big cat sanctuary.