WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 23, 2025:

• We hear Wisconsin Republicans' pitch to make homeownership more affordable,
• Consider the cost of nitrate contamination in drinking water,
• Take on the shocking topic of stray voltage and how it affects the health of dairy cattle,
• Meet the manager of FEED Kitchens,
• Untangle a "squirrel king" at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 22, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Rhodes-Conway's early pitch to expand Madison's investment in homeless services,
• Consider the next steps for a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new vape law after a federal judge denied the plaintiffs' request to delay enforcement,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of the Chicago garment workers strike,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review a new film and a '90s-era cult classic,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 18, 2025:

• We head to Rep. Francesca Hong's campaign launch party to find out what inspired her to run for governor,
• Consider the truth behind the old adage "it takes a village,"
• Get the details on the Room Tax Commission's looming structural deficit,
• Share a crash course on the U.S. Supreme Court's so-called "shadow docket,"
• Debut our new feature celebrating Madison's music scene,
• Explain why the art of sewing is always cool (not just when the New York Times says it is),
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 17, 2025:

• We head to Jefferson County for this year's Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival,
• Dissect the unsuccessful campaign to ban physical mail at the Dane County jail,
• Learn how a group of underclassmen brought a humorous internet trend to UW-Madison's Library Mall,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1963,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 16, 2025:

• We detail last night's debate over a proposal that would raise health care costs for Dane County employees,
• Hear what Wisconsin scholars and industry leaders have to say about Trump's tariff plan,
• Find out why the legal dispute over Wisconsin's administrative rulemaking process is far from over,
• Explain how the dairy industry is adapting to rising butterfat content in the milk supply,
• Wrap up our three-part series on fluoride in drinking water,
• Celebrate the unlikely survival of sandhill cranes,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 15, 2025:

• We find out how the county is preparing for a projected $31 million budget deficit,
• Learn how advocates and state lawmakers are working to spread awareness about cryptocurrency ATM scams,
• Meet Matt Wachter, Madison's Director of Planning, Community, and Economic Development,
• Consider the environmental impacts of data centers,
• Look back on the Irish Postal Workers Strike of 1922,
• Revisit two cinema classics,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 11, 2025:

• We'll outline Wisconsin Democrats' education agenda,
• Untangle Line 5's complicated legal history and find out what's next in the fight to stop Enbridge's proposed reroute of the pipeline,
• Delve into some of the Wisconsin Transparency Project's most recent cases,
• Break down where the fish are biting,
• Reflect on Forward Madison's frustrating (but still hopeful) season,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 10, 2025:

• We detail Madison leaders' latest proposal to promote more housing in the city,
• Learn how white nationalist groups are using so-called 'Active Clubs' to covertly spread their ideology,
• Outline the research that has a range of experts sounding the alarm on a ubiquitous insecticide,
• Welcome "Cardinal Call" back from summer break,
• Find out why containing wildfires is easier said than done,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 9, 2025:

• We find out why a contingent of high school athletes showed up at yesterday's Board of Education meeting,
• Outline Wisconsin Republicans' education priorities,
• Hear the mission behind Wisconsin Public Education Network's transparency project,
• Explain the bovine breeding and nutrition practices behind a recent boom in cream production,
• Sit down with a local food photographer,
• Mark the start of the fall season at the Dane County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 8, 2025:

• We head to a protest outside the Odana Road Social Security office,
• Consider the consequences of an increasingly corporatized and tech-focused higher education system,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate the birthday of "a lion in literature's forest,"
• Discuss some of the best snacks to eat with your evening cocktail,
• Review two new offerings on the small screen,
• And much more.