WORT Local News

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.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, December 14th, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court issues a defeat to the Trump campaign as the state’s Republicans temporarily block funds to pay for the partial recount, Madison’s schools and UW-Madison collaborate on a new literacy project and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and learn about the life and work of Ella Baker.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, December 14th, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court issues a defeat to the Trump campaign as the state’s Republicans temporarily block funds to pay for the partial recount, Madison’s schools and UW-Madison collaborate on a new literacy project and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and learn about the life and work of Ella Baker.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 10th, 2020: Wisconsin’s top health officials unveil a new tool to track COVID-19, Madison community members weigh in on the search for a new police chief, the Wisconsin DNR pushes ahead with a 2021 wolf hunting season and in the second half, Transparency Talk discusses public health information in the age of COVID-19, and Radio Chipstone examines the art of hair wreaths.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 10th, 2020: Wisconsin’s top health officials unveil a new tool to track COVID-19, Madison community members weigh in on the search for a new police chief, the Wisconsin DNR pushes ahead with a 2021 wolf hunting season and in the second half, Transparency Talk discusses public health information in the age of COVID-19, and Radio Chipstone examines the art of hair wreaths.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 9th, 2020: Wisconsin’s climate task force unveils new recommendations, Madison gets some seed money from an unexpected source, we look to the past to understand Madison’s hunt for a new chief of policea 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, 1967

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 9th, 2020: Wisconsin’s climate task force unveils new recommendations, Madison gets some seed money from an unexpected source, we look to the past to understand Madison’s hunt for a new chief of policea 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, 1967

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 8th, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court considers Dane County’s pandemic order to halt in-person school, Madison officials debate eliminating bicycle registrations, we take a deeper look at how police obtain and use phone data and in the second half of the show, WORT shares the latest U-W campus news and laments the destruction of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo observatory.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 8th, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court considers Dane County’s pandemic order to halt in-person school, Madison officials debate eliminating bicycle registrations, we take a deeper look at how police obtain and use phone data and in the second half of the show, WORT shares the latest U-W campus news and laments the destruction of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo observatory.

Here' your WORT Local News for Monday, December 7th, 2020: More developments on the first wave of a COVID-19 vaccine distribution, a local fountain sparks community feedback, the search for the next Madison police chief speeds up and in the second half, Wisconsin Getting Hotters looks at trees, Forward Lookout has a busy week ahead in local government, What’s the Word looks at presidential pardons and Harry Richardson reviews two new movies.