WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 5th, 2021: The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake will face no criminal charges, Wisconsin’s Republicans and Democrats back opposing pandemic response bills, we look at how COVID-19 ravaged a state prison in September and in the second half, we look at the Georgia Senate elections, a historic autoworkers strike, gray wolves and what 2021 will mean for space exploration.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020: Dane County considers a new ordinance barring workplace discrimination based on natural hairstyle, Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen vote to torpedo a federal COVID relief package, State health officials roll out a new app to help contact tracing efforts and in the second half, we get the week in local government news and the headlines from December, 1963.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020: Dane County considers a new ordinance barring workplace discrimination based on natural hairstyle, Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen vote to torpedo a federal COVID relief package, State health officials roll out a new app to help contact tracing efforts and in the second half, we get the week in local government news and the headlines from December, 1963.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020: The Middleton-Cross Plains school board approves partial in-person instruction, Governor Evers continues to tangle with Republicans over a COVID-19 response plan, WORT remembers the life and legacy of the late Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson and in the second half, we learn the latest on the U-W campus, diagnose Wisconsin River Eagle Syndrome and practice making maps using the night sky.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020: The Middleton-Cross Plains school board approves partial in-person instruction, Governor Evers continues to tangle with Republicans over a COVID-19 response plan, WORT remembers the life and legacy of the late Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson and in the second half, we learn the latest on the U-W campus, diagnose Wisconsin River Eagle Syndrome and practice making maps using the night sky.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, December 21st, 2020: Wisconsin’s vaccine supply gets shorted by the federal government, State Republicans shoot down stricter PFAS regulations, Madison’s gets a new Chief of Police and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the Christmas truce of World War One and look ahead to new challenges in the new year.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, December 21st, 2020: Wisconsin’s vaccine supply gets shorted by the federal government, State Republicans shoot down stricter PFAS regulations, Madison’s gets a new Chief of Police and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the Christmas truce of World War One and look ahead to new challenges in the new year.

Here's your WORT Local News for December 16th, 2020: A new men’s homeless shelter opens on Madison’s east side, Wisconsin unveils new plans to eliminate PFAS contamination, Wisconsin’s incarcerated population is left out of a long-term plan for COVID immunizations 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 December 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for December 16th, 2020: A new men’s homeless shelter opens on Madison’s east side, Wisconsin unveils new plans to eliminate PFAS contamination, Wisconsin’s incarcerated population is left out of a long-term plan for COVID immunizations 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 December 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 15th, 2020: Local public health officials loosen restrictions as new COVID-19 cases drop, a new literacy task force is tackling educational disparities in Madison, UW Health employees were among the first Wisconsinites to be vaccinated against the coronavirus and in the second half of the show, we get the latest from the UW campus, learn the evolutionary story of bird feathers and search the skies.