WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Monday, June 9, 2025:

• We hear from state party leaders as they prepare for the 2026 midterms,
• Outline the economic impact of having an incarcerated family member,
• Find out why Planned Parenthood is sounding the alarm on the Republican budget bill making its way through Congress,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Remember the historic 1967 attack on the USS Liberty,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review a film classic and a new action-adventure movie,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 5, 2025:

• We hear what top Democrats and Republicans have to say about the stalled budget negotiations,
• Find out why gasoline prices disproportionately burden Black and Latiné drivers,
• Outline the benefits of sharing public records before they're requested,
• Tell you where to catch bluegills in the Madison area,
• Check in on the Flamingos after yet another draw,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 4, 2025:

• We hear state Democrats' plan to protect Wisconsinites from federal funding cuts,
• Share the details on last night's alcohol license-heavy city council meeting,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time for the birth of Madison's gay rights movement,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 3, 2025:

• We get the details on the gun safety package state Democrats introduced today,
• Learn how the proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact Wisconsinites seeking postpartum treatment,
• Find out why the EU says "no thanks" to beef and chicken imported from the United States,
• Meet some food vendors at WORTstock 2025,
• Celebrate the power of community support,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, June 2, 2025:

• We cover the conclusion of the nurses strike at Meriter hospital,
• Hear what Wisconsin's Congressional Democrats had to say today after they toured an ICE detention facility in Dodge County,
• Share the local government's busy calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate a media reformer's birthday,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review an Academy Award-winning documentary,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 29, 2025:

• We outline the spate of proposals in the 2025 Equality Agenda,
• Learn how to participate in Dane County's new food scraps program,
• Get the details on MMSD's 2026 budget proposal,
• Hear how a local nonprofit is faring after the loss of AmeriCorps funding,
• Share deck safety advice,
• Dig for historical treasure,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 28, 2025:

• We hear the potential, local impacts of the Republican budget bill making its way through Congress,
• Get to know Matt Tucker, director of Madison's Building Inspection Division,
• Learn how a grassroots movement is working to halt US support of Israel,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

In this episode:

• The nurses begin their planned strike at Meriter Hospital
• Democratic legislators lay out their budget priorities
• We hear from Andrew Bahl about his new piece in the Capital Times about AI court interpreters.
• Activist Bill Hogseth lays out his idea for how to maintain democratic participation.
• The Milkweed discusses the pitfalls of almost-cheese,
• And Wildlife Weekly is awash in ducks

Here's your local news for Monday, May 26, 2025:

• We head downtown for a Memorial Day rally and community gathering,
• Check in on Madison's Office of the Independent Monitor following their public presentation this weekend,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of an uprising in Wales,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 22, 2025:

• We hear state Democrats' proposal to preserve Child Care Counts,
• Check in on the Pierce County residents challenging a dairy farm's mega-expansion,
• Meet a candidate running for the vacant seat on the county board,
• Explain a loophole in Wisconsin's open records law,
• Prepare for Memorial Day weekend fishing,
• Get the latest updates from Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.