WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 25, 2025:

• We get the details on a bid to revitalize the western corner of Capitol Square,
• Hear the pros and cons of a proposed low-income housing development on Verona Road,
• Brave the heat to participate in a flax processing demonstration,
• Share lessons in solidarity from the Act Up movement,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1966,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 24, 2025:

• We hear how federal decision making could impact the city of Madison,
• Check in with environmental advocates after today's win in the state Supreme Court,
• Discuss the skyrocketing price of beef,
• Find out why AARP Wisconsin supports expanding housing options,
• Get a baby season update from the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, June 23, 2025:

• We explain why Senate Republicans stripped funding allocations last week from a handful of bipartisan bills,
• Discuss the state budget with a pair of veteran journalists,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate a trailblazing author's birthday,
• Teach you how to make a summertime cocktail,
• Review two very different films,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 19, 2025:

• We consider security at Wisconsin's Capitol building after the politically-motivated shootings in Minnesota,
• Celebrate Juneteenth,
• Explain your right to record public meetings,
• Tell you the best spots for fishing in the Madison area,
• Share the latest news from the 'Mingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 18, 2025:

• We share the latest on an active hazmat investigation in Madison,
• Find out how state regulations for nicotine vapes will change next month,
• Speak with a Tone Madison reporter who investigated living conditions at a local housing-focused nonprofit,
• Learn why non-violence is an effective form of resistance,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 17, 2025:

• We hear state Republicans' public safety budget priorities,
• Meet city of Madison Finance Director Dave Schmiedicke,
• Discuss today's unanimous ruling in the state Supreme Court,
• Explain the causes and consequences of the nationwide cattle shortage,
• Sit down with a local hot sauce connoisseur,
• Describe some funny moments caught on candid camera at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, June 16, 2025:

• We head to this Saturday's "Kick Out the Clowns" rally in downtown Madison,
• Hear Wisconsin Democrats' plan for a busy 2026,
• Share an excerpt of Governor Tony Evers' speech at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's annual convention this weekend,
• Mark an important anniversary in Canadian labor history,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review two movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 12, 2025:

• We share an inside look into yesterday's tense budget listening session on Madison's north side,
• Find out why advocates are sounding the alarm after a handful of Wisconsin hospital systems scrubbed diversity language from their websites,
• Sit down with a community-based journalist covering the protests in Los Angeles,
• Explain the big, round hole in your basement floor,
• Explore the demonic nature of Furbys,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 11, 2025:

• We share the details on some new proposals that seek to expand housing options in Madison,
• Hear the mission behind a proposed "sustainability campus" across the street from the Dane County landfill,
• Check in on the fight for union recognition at Group Health Cooperative,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 10, 2025:

• We have the latest on the budget back and forth at the state Capitol,
• Find out why ACLU of Wisconsin is urging the state Supreme Court to act fast on a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's congressional maps,
• Examine why dairy prices are rising once again,
• Describe the constitutional role of the military,
• Share the story of a special patient at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.