WORT Local News

WORT Local News

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WORT Local News episodes

  • Trump administration repeals protections for Gray Wolves
    Here's your WORT Local News for November 5th, 2020: Wisconsin’s congressional delegation remains largely unchanged after the election, we debunk misinformation surrounding the election in Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin system is rolling out a statewide rapid COVID-19 testing program and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT recaps election night here in Madison.
    52 min
  • Wisconsin goes to Joe Biden
    Here's your WORT Local News for November 4th: Wisconsin has gone to Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, we unpack races in the WORT listening area, the political divide between rural and urban Wisconsin continues to grow and in the second half, we get the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and check out the headlines from November 1965.
    52 min
  • Wisconsin goes to Joe Biden
    Here's your WORT Local News for November 4th: Wisconsin has gone to Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, we unpack races in the WORT listening area, the political divide between rural and urban Wisconsin continues to grow and in the second half, we get the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and check out the headlines from November 1965.
    52 min
  • The Final Countdown
    Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020: It’s Election Day! WORT speaks with voters at the polls, we get a lesson in staying calm during a tense evening, we look back at the past few months of the presidential campaigns and in the second half of the show, we look at UW student voter turnout, consider the dangers of rat poison, and take a trip to the moon.
    50 min
  • The Final Countdown
    Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020: It’s Election Day! WORT speaks with voters at the polls, we get a lesson in staying calm during a tense evening, we look back at the past few months of the presidential campaigns and in the second half of the show, we look at UW student voter turnout, consider the dangers of rat poison, and take a trip to the moon.
    50 min
  • Wisconsin’s Domestic Violence Shelters Navigate Difficult Terrain In 2020
    Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 2nd, 2020: On Dia De Los Muertos, protesters called for the abolition of ICE, Milwaukee’s election officials warn that results may take some time, Funding for domestic violence shelters in Wisconsin may be at risk and in the second half, The Past Isn’t Past remembers the life of a Mississippi voting rights activist and Wisconsin Getting Hotter examines the impact of rising ocean levels on coastal communities.
    52 min
  • Wisconsin’s Domestic Violence Shelters Navigate Difficult Terrain In 2020
    Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 2nd, 2020: On Dia De Los Muertos, protesters called for the abolition of ICE, Milwaukee’s election officials warn that results may take some time, Funding for domestic violence shelters in Wisconsin may be at risk and in the second half, The Past Isn’t Past remembers the life of a Mississippi voting rights activist and Wisconsin Getting Hotter examines the impact of rising ocean levels on coastal communities.
    52 min
  • Elections Security and Haunted Houses
    Wisconsin’s DNR has approved new PFAS monitoring standards, Madison preps for a different Halloween, the city of madison has launched a new financial resources hotline and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT hits the road, Transparency Talk discusses open meetings and contributor Gianofer Fields takes us on a tour through a haunted house.
    52 min
  • Elections Security and Haunted Houses
    Wisconsin’s DNR has approved new PFAS monitoring standards, Madison preps for a different Halloween, the city of madison has launched a new financial resources hotline and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT hits the road, Transparency Talk discusses open meetings and contributor Gianofer Fields takes us on a tour through a haunted house.
    52 min
  • Twelve Badgers players and coaches test positive for coronavirus
    Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 28th, 2020: The UW Badgers cancel this Saturday’s game due to COVID infections, two months after its creation, a state task force on racial justice met for the first time today, a new report finds Wisconsin’s air quality continues to improve and in the second half, we get the week in local government, the most comprehensive weather broadcast on the air and the headlines from 1960.
    53 min

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