WORT Local News

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.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 15th, 2021: Wisconsin’s senate passes a batch of election legislation, Tax Day gets delayed, we check in on a new state effort to track sexual assault kits and in the second half, we’ve got twitter beefs, open records and art in a constant state of change.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 15th, 2021: Wisconsin’s senate passes a batch of election legislation, Tax Day gets delayed, we check in on a new state effort to track sexual assault kits and in the second half, we’ve got twitter beefs, open records and art in a constant state of change.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021: County leaders weigh banning no-knock warrants, Madison’s mayor announces a sweeping housing plan, Wisconsin preserves seventy million dollars in federal food aid and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and Madison in the Sixties discusses racial discrimination in the city’s housing market.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021: County leaders weigh banning no-knock warrants, Madison’s mayor announces a sweeping housing plan, Wisconsin preserves seventy million dollars in federal food aid and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and Madison in the Sixties discusses racial discrimination in the city’s housing market.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 13th, 2021: State lawmakers debate federal pandemic aid money, the UW asks legislators for funds to fix maintenance issues, public health agencies halt administration of the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine and in the second half, we’ve got the latest from the U-W campus, relocate birds nests, and explore the cosmos with artificial intelligence.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 13th, 2021: State lawmakers debate federal pandemic aid money, the UW asks legislators for funds to fix maintenance issues, public health agencies halt administration of the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine and in the second half, we’ve got the latest from the U-W campus, relocate birds nests, and explore the cosmos with artificial intelligence.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 12th, 2021: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court weighs new groundwater contamination policies, Madisonians rally in solidarity to support Amazon workers, Minnesote police shot and killed another man yesterday, prompting further protest in Minneapolis and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, a brief history of farmworkers’ attempts to unionize and experience the seven seasons of spring.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 12th, 2021: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court weighs new groundwater contamination policies, Madisonians rally in solidarity to support Amazon workers, Minnesote police shot and killed another man yesterday, prompting further protest in Minneapolis and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, a brief history of farmworkers’ attempts to unionize and experience the seven seasons of spring.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 8th, 2021: As Wisconsin continues its vaccine rollout, we give you the latest updates, the city of Madison is pushing to shut down a community fridge, new building developments continue to change the face of downtown Madison and in the second half our new feature series New Domains examines Madison’s digital culture and Radio Chipstone explores the seven food groups of World War II.