WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 15, 2024:

• We find out what to expect during this year's "Hippie Christmas,"
• Get an update from the Coalition to March on the DNC,
• Learn how a new platform is trying to close economic gaps,
• Ask an election official how turnout is calculated,
• Explain why the digital age makes open records law more complicated,
• Celebrate good fishing weather,
• Broadcast the latest news from Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 14, 2024:

• We hear the mayor's pitch for a property tax referendum,
• Check in with the Coalition to March on the DNC,
• Interview Ho-Chunk Nation President Jon Greendeer,
• Hear about life as a solar panel installer,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 13, 2024:

• We'll recap today's partisan primary,
• Head to Madison polling places to hear what voters are thinking,
• Check in on Wisconsin's spending of federal COVID relief funding,
• Find out why voting advocates say today's referendums are 'undemocratic,'
• Visit a northside bakery,
• Celebrate barn swallows,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, August 12, 2024:

• We check in on this year's Black Restaurant Week,
• Find out why environmental advocates are campaigning against tomorrow's voter referendums,
• Get the latest updates from the Coalition to March on the DNC,
• Investigate the new federal guidelines for dairy consumption,
• Revisit one of the largest strikes in labor history,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies on the small screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 8, 2024:

• We investigate yesterday's joint statement from four AD 48 candidates,
• Learn how Science Moms talks about climate change,
• Take a closer look at the voter referendums on next Tuesday's ballot,
• Discuss the challenges of the foster care system,
• Learn the value of an energy audit,
• Celebrate Hippie Christmas,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 7, 2024:

• We check out Marquette Law School's new polling results,
• Attend the Harris-Walz rally in Eau Claire,
• Find out how Henry Vilas Zoo is protecting local songbirds,
• Get the latest on the lawsuits against Wisconsin's DOC,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1967,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 6, 2024:

• We attend the grand re-opening of Madison's ballot drop boxes,
• Get the details on a new eviction "heatmap,"
• Find out why advocates say Wisconsin needs to shut down its oldest prisons,
• Interview both candidates running to represent District 80 in the state Assembly,
• Air a mid-summer update from the Dane County Humane Society,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, August 5, 2024:

• We'll hear what Madison bus riders have to say about the new routes,
• Get Wisconsin's latest income inequality stats,
• Look ahead to the 2026 race for governor,
• Discuss misleading cheese labels,
• Remember Nixon's infamous downfall,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new features,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 1, 2024:

• We visit "Wisconsin's first comic shop,"
• Hear how a new grant fund could help protect the state's coastline,
• Find out what UW administrators had to say during last semester's student protests,
• Explore pricey open records fees,
• Broadcast the latest fishing report,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 31, 2024:

• We'll get the details on Madison's new air monitoring program,
• Hear the latest stats on youth mental health in Wisconsin,
• Interview the two Democrats running to represent District 78 in the state Assembly,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.