WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Monday, May 5, 2025:

• We head to downtown Madison for this year's Day Without Immigrants march,
• Learn how the Children's Theater of Madison is taking adults to task in their latest show,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Consider the impacts of a New Deal-era program,
• Teach you how to make a popular, new age cocktail,
• Review two movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 1—

• Local utilities are requesting rate increases,
• A donation helps Wisconsin Humanities stay afloat,
• While Dairy Drive is headed for closure this fall due to insufficient funding.

Plus, it's May Day, the international celebration of workers, with protests in both Madison and Milwaukee. And our features talk hiring bias, the pros and cons of heat pump water heaters, and dancing around the Maypole.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 30, 2025:

• We get the details on a proposal responding to the recent rash of attacks on Madison bus drivers,
• Hear what legal experts have to say about Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest,
• Discuss the benefits of youth apprenticeships,
• Explore shifting protest strategies at UW-Madison,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Celebrate the birthday of Madison's longest-serving mayor,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 29, 2025:

• We outline the findings in an internal investigation of Madison's uncounted absentee ballots last fall,
• Hear what labor organizers had to say during yesterday's Workers Memorial Day celebration,
• Get the details on a petition urging the governor to appoint pro-labor representatives to the UW System's Board of Regents,
• Share the rundown on this year's Cheese Makers convention,
• Recount the rise and fall of Michael Gableman,
• Get a springtime status update from the Dane County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 28, 2025:

• We catch you up on what's happened since Judge Hannah Dugan's high profile arrest on Friday,
• Find out why Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's anti-DEI orders,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Learn how a secret collective provided reproductive care pre-Roe v. Wade,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 24, 2025:

• We find out why the Beacon unexpectedly closed all day yesterday,
• Detail a new report that found a rising number of unhoused students in Wisconsin public schools,
• Hear the mission behind UNA-USA Dane County's second annual "Women's Summit,"
• Learn about a state office that answers the public's open records questions,
• Look forward to opening day of the regular fishing season,
• Get the scoop on the Flamingos' new uniforms,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 23, 2025:

• We speak with lobbyists who want state lawmakers to repeal Wisconsin's anti-boycott law,
• Attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wisconsin History Center,
• Find out how Madison's Social Security office is faring, amid understaffing and a controversial policy change,
• Recap why UW-Madison staff rallied last week,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Celebrate the birthday of Madison's longest-serving mayor,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 22, 2025:

• We find out how a new coalition is fostering conversations about climate change,
• Get the details on a report examining Wisconsin industry pre- and post-tariffs,
• Discuss state and national labor issues with a local attorney,
• Explain why Madison is a dairy marketing hub,
• Take a field trip to Troy Farm,
• Gear up for the Dane County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center's busiest season,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 21, 2025:

• We outline the decision in a case challenging the governor's headline-grabbing partial veto,
• Head downtown for this weekend's buy-in event at the Dane County Farmers Market,
• Examine the background and politics of SCOTUS' longest-serving justice,
• Celebrate Belle Case La Follette's birthday,
• Review two new features,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 17, 2025:

• We head to Library Mall for a rally pressuring UW higher-ups to resist the Trump administration,
• Highlight Black maternal health disparities and the community-based efforts working towards a solution,
• Find out how yesterday's announcement fast-tracking the Enbridge 5 pipeline could affect ongoing litigation against the Canadian oil company,
• Sit down with a self-described "recovering" Wall Street recruiter,
• Prepare our basements for spring flooding,
• Explore the many lives of objects,
• And much more.