WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 4, 2025:

• We get the details on a package of bills that seeks to strengthen protections for the state’s workforce,
• Find out who qualifies for backpay, after a discriminatory law blocked disabled Wisconsinites from collecting unemployment for over a decade,
• Learn more about Madison’s Russian Folk Orchestra,
• Walk you through replacing a light fixture,
• Discuss the joys and dangers of being a collector,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 3, 2025:

• We get the details on a proposal that seeks to delay demolition of Madison's first city-sanctioned homeless encampment,
• Hear about Isthmus newspaper's open records request that, months later, is still waiting for a response from the city's independent police monitor,
• Learn how to approach solidarity work with self-care,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 2, 2025:

• We hear the mayor's capital spending priorities for next year,
• Outline what's on the Wisconsin Supreme Court's docket this week,
• Get the details on a bill that seeks to uncover the hidden cost of tariffs,
• Examine the science behind a recent drop in butter prices,
• Visit a homestyle Mexican restaurant on Madison's north side,
• Consider the ethics of rehabilitating invasive birds,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 28, 2025:

• We share an update on Bus Rapid Transit, nearly a year after the city launched its first route,
• Outline the long-term health consequences of tooth decay,
• Hear how the Wisconsin Transparency Project got started and where it's headed,
• Tell you the best fishing spots this Labor Day weekend,
• Learn how Forward Madison FC is fostering young talent,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 27, 2025:

• We'll outline the next steps for a proposal that seeks to strengthen Madison's tree protections,
• Find out why Madison finance leaders expect the city's operating expenses to go up nearly $24 million next year,
• Meet Michael Haas, Madison's City Attorney and interim City Clerk,
• Discuss how labor unions can push back on Trump’s authoritarian power grab,
• 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, August 26, 2025:

• We get the details on MMSD's performance objectives for the next academic year,
• Find out how a new bill would preserve funding for Wisconsin's decades-old conservation program,
• Consider the potential consequences of USDA's new "reorganization plan,"
• Examine a recent drop in cheddar prices,
• Sit down with the owner of Kia's Kitchen,
• Learn how wildlife rehabilitators take care of injured raptors,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, August 25, 2025:

• We find out why prison reform advocates say there's still time for Governor Evers to follow through on his campaign promises,
• Get the details on a new lawsuit that's fighting to secure Wisconsin youth's "right to a stable climate,"
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Remember one of the youngest peace ambassadors in American history,
• Discuss some popular hangover cures,
• Review two films about the past,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 21, 2025:

• We find out why the Trump regime's order extending the life of a Michigan coal plant could have financial and environmental costs here in Wisconsin,
• Meet the city of Madison's Sustainability and Resilience Manager,
• Share sounds and stories from last Sunday's Ukrainian Fest,
• Hear the mission behind tomorrow's tech recycling event at Warner Park,
• Explore the joys and trials of caregiving,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 20, 2025:

• We get the details on a bill that state Democrats say would help families with back-to-school costs,
• Hear a research institute's plan to make a small town in Rock County self-sufficient by the end of this century,
• Find out how Kevin Price's loved ones are continuing their fight for justice, one year after he was shot by a Fitchburg police officer,
• Meet a community organizer in Milwaukee who's helping people find common ground on polarizing issues,
• Outline the facts behind a movement that seeks to ban fluoride in drinking water,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 19, 2025:

• We learn how Senator Tammy Baldwin is fighting back against the Trump regime's bid to dismantle the Department of Education,
• Outline a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company's role in the genocide of Palestinians,
• Consider the environmental impacts of the data centers cropping up all over the countryside,
• Visit a comfort-food hotspot in downtown Madison,
• Learn how to identify mourning doves by more than just their distinctive song,
• And much more.