WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for July 16th, 2020: The city is reviewing some Madison Police Department procedures...Goodman Pool kicked off its summer season today...We take a look at a new bill that would make it a felony to vandalize historical statues...And in the second half of the show, Staying Artful and Radio Chipstone bring us the stories of four different artists.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 15th, 2020: We take a look at changes in Title IX policies...Madison may not get a new police chief until December...We take a look at the state’s broadband accessibility...And in the second half, The Cap Times’ Abigail Becker gives us the week in local government, Rob McClure gives us a comprehensive weather report and feature contributor Stu Levitan brings us the headlines from July, 1969.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 14th, 2020: The Madison school board has approved two funding referendums for the November ballot...A Madison cafe faces vandalization for Black Lives Matter signs...WORT speaks with another candidate for an assembly district in Madison...And in the second half of the show, WORT talks woodpeckers, cosmic dust bunnies and a new wetland in Madison.

Here's your local news for Monday, July 13th, 2020: Madison’s Public Library system is beginning to feel the financial strain from COVID-19...The Madison Metropolitan School District has announced a new superintendent for the district...We speak with another candidate for Wisconsin assembly...And in the second half, Forward Lookout’s Brenda Konkel gives us the week ahead in local government, we take a look at the 1978 Longest Walk, and What’s the Word discusses the cultural impacts of TikTok.

Here's your local news for Thursday, July 9th, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the legislature’s authority in 2018 lame-duck laws...A state task force will examine the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women...We speak with two candidates for Wisconsin’s 48th Assembly District...And in the second half Isthmus on WORT dives into the Overture Center’s current financial crisis and feature contributor Gianofer Fields teaches us how to perfect our social media game.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 8th, 2020: The city of Madison will cut ten million dollars in funding from its tourism branches...The Free the 350 bail fund raised more than 100,000 dollars to free three inmates from the Dane County Jail...New orders from the Trump administration could impact thousands of international students studying at UW-Madison...And in the second half, Local Government reporter Abigail Becker tells us about the week in local government, Rob McClure gives us a comprehensive weather report and feature contributor Stu Levitan gives us the headlines from July, 1961.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 7th, 2020: Madison and other Wisconsin cities are getting millions of dollars for election preparation during the pandemic...Masks will be mandatory in Dane County starting next week...WORT explores what types of face coverings are most effective blocking the spread of the COVID-19 virus...And in the second half of tonight’s show, WORT takes flight with Baltimore orioles, and looks back at how the U-S took over Hawai’i.

Here's your local news for Thursday July 2nd, 2020:

-Several Madison Black Lives Matter protesters remain detained at the Dane County Jail...

-State and local governments are considering mandatory mask policies...

-WORT interviews Scott Barker, a candidate for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District...

And in the second half of the show, Staying Artful gives us some advice on creativity and Radio Chipstone asks why we dress the way we do.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 1st, 2020:

-Madison’s school board is weighing its 2020-2021 budget options...

-Dane County has implemented several new public health measures in response to rising cases...

-We hear why Wisconsin’s frac sand industry is drying up…

And in the second half of the show, local government reporter Abigail Becker tells us about the week in local government, Rob McClure gives us a comprehensive weather report and feature contributor Stu Levitan gives us the headlines from 1967.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 30th, 2020:

-The Madison school board has voted to boot police out of the city’s schools...

-The city is considering another high-rise development proposal on East Washington Avenue...

-WORT interviews Andrew McKinney, a candidate for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District...

And in the second half of the show, WORT takes a closer look at a federal court ruling upholding Wisconsin’s early voting restrictions, takes flight with vagrant birds, and takes a trip to the edges of our Universe.