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Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021: Madison’s teachers prepare to head back to classrooms, the Madison city council shelves a report on tear gas, state lawmakers float new guidelines for handling sexual assault cases 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 1961.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021: State lawmakers float legislation to bar trans athletes in school sports, Madison considers a new way to dispose of food waste, Dane County DA Ishmael Ozanne faces pressure from protesters and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, provide homes to wild critters and explore a black hole cluster.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021: State lawmakers float legislation to bar trans athletes in school sports, Madison considers a new way to dispose of food waste, Dane County DA Ishmael Ozanne faces pressure from protesters and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, provide homes to wild critters and explore a black hole cluster.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 1st, 2021: Madison’s ice fishers enjoy the last few days of winter weather, A local artist carves an ice fish to draw attention to mental health, State lawmakers approve pay raises for Wisconsin’s public defenders and in the second half, we examine the pandemic’s impacts on Wisconsin’s state parks and the legacy of the Freedman’s Bureau

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 1st, 2021: Madison’s ice fishers enjoy the last few days of winter weather, A local artist carves an ice fish to draw attention to mental health, State lawmakers approve pay raises for Wisconsin’s public defenders and in the second half, we examine the pandemic’s impacts on Wisconsin’s state parks and the legacy of the Freedman’s Bureau

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 25th, 2021: Wisconsin’s beavers and muskrats may be facing a new challenge, Governor Tony Evers signs off on unemployment overhauls, a state task force on racial disparities faces a public reckoning and in the second half of the show, we’ve got Isthmus on WORT Snow Snaking and a brief history of Madison punk rock.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 25th, 2021: Wisconsin’s beavers and muskrats may be facing a new challenge, Governor Tony Evers signs off on unemployment overhauls, a state task force on racial disparities faces a public reckoning and in the second half of the show, we’ve got Isthmus on WORT Snow Snaking and a brief history of Madison punk rock.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021: Plans to place a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol ground push ahead, an east side convenience store has its alcohol license rejected...again, a new bipartisan bill seeks to overhaul Wisconsin’s elections and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from February 1960.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021: Plans to place a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol ground push ahead, an east side convenience store has its alcohol license rejected...again, a new bipartisan bill seeks to overhaul Wisconsin’s elections and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from February 1960.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021: A Wisconsin Republican is floating changes to state voter laws, partisan divisions bog down a state broadband proposal, State lawmakers overwhelmingly approve changes to Wisconsin’s unemployment system and in the second half of the show, we learn the latest news from the U-W, investigate an influx of possums and blast off into black holes.