WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 22, 2024:

• We head to an in-person early voting site in Madison,
• Hear the story behind Slaughter Free Milwaukee,
• Find out why Mayor Rhodes-Conway is asking the city's voters to increase property taxes,
• Look at dairy industry price gouging,
• Share how a local business is leveling up the donut scene,
• Learn more about animal services in the Madison area,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, October 21, 2024:

• We share the highlights from Friday's U.S. Senate debate,
• Learn how Wisconsin advocates are countering intimidating text messages to young voters,
• Find out why the postal workers' union is pushing federal lawmakers for more protections,
• Run down this week’s calendar in local government,
• Mark the anniversary of the Patriot Act becoming law,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review three classic documentaries,
• And much more.

Here's your Local News for Thursday, October 17, 2024:

• We find out why local officials recommend election preparedness,
• Discuss Madison's budget outlook with Wisconsin Policy Forum's Jason Stein,
• Explore the intersection between finance and community service,
• Talk basement flooring,
• Dissect the scholarly lessons in Scooby Doo,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 16, 2024:

• We'll hear why Madison's Independent Monitor says the mayor's budget is a death knell for civilian oversight efforts,
• Hear from opponents of the city tax referendum,
• Correct our past reporting on the DOC's updated used book donation policies, with help from Tone Madison's Scott Gordon,
• Bring back our arts and culture segment from summer hiatus,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1962,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 15, 2024:

• We'll explore how school funding issues statewide could impact school nurses,
• Get the details on a new "Chad Vader" election PSA,
• Investigate proposed cuts to Madison's police oversight agencies,
• Talk with the data analyst for the Office of the Independent Monitor,
• Take a look at the United States' declining cattle population,
• Examine the recent pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests on the UW-Madison campus,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, October 14, 2024:

• We check in on Hovde Properties' demolition site in downtown Madison,
• Get the details on a letter campaign asking Willy Street Co-op to boycott Sabra,
• Run down the possible cuts to Madison’s budget,
• Mark an important anniversary in the fight for reproductive freedom,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies on the big screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 10, 2024:

• We get the details on an unconventional funding request from a Madison alder,
• Find out what UW-Madison leaders said behind the scenes about last semester's student encampment,
• Explain the mission behind the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council,
• Celebrate fall-weather fishing,
• Hear the latest news from Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 9, 2024:

• We head to the World Dairy Expo,
• Find out why advocacy groups filed federal complaints against 4 Wisconsin school districts,
• Take a closer look at censorship in Wisconsin prisons,
• 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, October 8, 2024:

• We find out why so many Wisconsin municipalities are struggling to make ends meet,
• Interview the Republican candidate running to represent District 48 in the state Assembly,
• Report the latest figures on dairy product consumption,
• Visit the newly opened second location of El Sabor de Puebla,
• Share an update on fall migration,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, October 7, 2024:

• We find out why some Wisconsin voters avoid talking politics,
• Learn how a preventative health care program at UW-Madison plans to spend renewed funding from the CDC,
• Share a preview of this budget-heavy week in local government,
• Explore UW-Madison’s updated free speech and protest policies,
• Take a closer look at a popular, cold-weather cocktail,
• And much more.