WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 31st, 2021: Wisconsin’s supreme court overturns the statewide mask mandate, Madison’s leaders punt on a vote for a new homeless shelter, we check in with a downtown business forced out by redevelopment and in the second half of the show we get the latest in local government news and the historic headlines from April, 1961

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021: All Wisconsinites ages 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID vaccine come Monday, Governor Evers and Republican lawmakers tangle over federal pandemic aid, Dane County moves to renew a program helping the hungry and in the second half, we talk about a coffeehouse union drive, spring babies and cosmic magnets.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021: All Wisconsinites ages 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID vaccine come Monday, Governor Evers and Republican lawmakers tangle over federal pandemic aid, Dane County moves to renew a program helping the hungry and in the second half, we talk about a coffeehouse union drive, spring babies and cosmic magnets.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 29th, 2021: Gov Evers signs fourteen new bills into law, we check in on the trial of Derek Chauvin , the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, as Wisconsin's rental aid distribution leaves undocumented residents in the lurch and in the second half, we examine the funny side of Wisconsin politics.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 29th, 2021: Gov Evers signs fourteen new bills into law, we check in on the trial of Derek Chauvin , the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, as Wisconsin's rental aid distribution leaves undocumented residents in the lurch and in the second half, we examine the funny side of Wisconsin politics.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 25th, 2021: We navigate you through the red tape of vaccine distribution, Wisconsin’s libraries are recovering from the pandemic, we examine a new report on sexual assault in the National Guard and Radio Chipstone teaches us the art of metalworking.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 25th, 2021: We navigate you through the red tape of vaccine distribution, Wisconsin’s libraries are recovering from the pandemic, we examine a new report on sexual assault in the National Guard and Radio Chipstone teaches us the art of metalworking.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 24th, 2021: A Madison committee greenlights a new crisis response program, Wisconsin’s top Republican dismisses requests to address gun violence, local comedians recover after a year of quarantine 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 March 1960.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 24th, 2021: A Madison committee greenlights a new crisis response program, Wisconsin’s top Republican dismisses requests to address gun violence, local comedians recover after a year of quarantine 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 March 1960.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 22nd, 2021: Meriter nurses secure a new contract, Wisconsin is poised to resume utility cut-offs next month, local parents pressure Madison’s schools to open up about an internal investigation and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, commemorate the anniversary of the first meeting of Malcolm X and MLK and review two new movies.