WORT Local News

WORT Local News

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WORT Local News episodes

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases State Population Reports
    Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 27th, 2021: A Madison high school is criticized for its use of affinity spaces, Governor Evers signs a bipartisan bill to help first responders, Wisconsin will hang on to its 10 electoral votes and in the second half, we have the latest from the U-W, talk baby turtles and peer into a black hole.
    50 min
  • The Earth Day Special
    Here's your WORT Local News for April 22nd, 2021: It's an Earth Day special! So we analyze Madison’s 2021 Recyclopedia, profile a statewide effort to track endangered butterflies, unpack Governor Evers’ initiative to plant 75 million trees and in the second half, we discuss indigneous conservationists and get a brief history of kites.
    51 min
  • The Earth Day Special
    Here's your WORT Local News for April 22nd, 2021: It's an Earth Day special! So we analyze Madison’s 2021 Recyclopedia, profile a statewide effort to track endangered butterflies, unpack Governor Evers’ initiative to plant 75 million trees and in the second half, we discuss indigneous conservationists and get a brief history of kites.
    51 min
  • State task force releases recommendations on police reform
    Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021: A state task force floats overhauls to police use of force policies, Madison’s leaders announce a new climate initiative, local property values rose last year and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the news from April 1960.
    52 min
  • State task force releases recommendations on police reform
    Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021: A state task force floats overhauls to police use of force policies, Madison’s leaders announce a new climate initiative, local property values rose last year and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the news from April 1960.
    52 min
  • City Floats Proposal To Drop Speed Limits In Two Neighborhoods
    Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 19th, 2021: Madison may slow your roll by reducing speed limits this summer, a Frank Lloyd Wright cultural center gets a boost, as the trial of Derek Chauvin enters its final stretch, we get the latest from Minneapolis and we look at the week in local government and consider the value of “opposite day” in the second half.
    50 min

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Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from…

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