WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 30, 2024:

• We get the latest on the UW students demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza,
• Learn why one third of Americans have considered cutting down their meat consumption,
• Hear how city officials plan to communicate Madison's budget woes to residents,
• Share the latest from UW-Madison's student government,
• Get the details on a lawsuit seeking more accessible voting,
• Take a look at a rare type of warbler,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 29, 2024:

• We visit the student encampment on UW-Madison's Library Mall,
• Attend this weekend's Great Midwest Alpaca Fest,
• Hear how a local project is advocating for incarcerated women,
• Mark the anniversary of the Bunker Hill bombing,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two movies now streaming on the small screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 25, 2024:

• We attend the 8th Annual Construction Workers' Memorial procession,
• Find out if the city is prepared for the Mifflin Street Block Party,
• Flock to State Street - with 600 volunteer painters,
• Learn how the EPA's new pollution safeguards could improve public health,
• Take a closer look at open records law,
• Broadcast the latest fishing report,
• Share an update from Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 24, 2024:

• We learn why 25 elected officials and community leaders are calling for a Madison alder's resignation,
• Find out who's paying the price when state lawmakers cut higher education funding,
• Get more insight from the former curator at MMoCA,
• 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, April 23, 2024:

• We hear from activists at the Capitol calling for the abolition of solitary confinement,
• Get the details on the Children's Museum's new, climate-focused exhibit,
• Learn what horse girl memes, volleyball nets, and orange silicon all have in common,
• Examine the deal between the state legislature and the UW system on DEI initiatives,
• Chat with the manager of the Turn Key Supper Club,
• Describe all the ways that ducklings can get into trouble,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 22, 2024:

• We get an update on the Hands Up Act,
• Get the details on the latest environmental protection efforts in Dane County,
• Learn what individuals can do to fight for the natural world,
• Hear from volunteers cleaning up Madison's parks,
• Check in with some local activists after this weekend's Labor Notes conference,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 18, 2024:

• We get the scoop on yesterday's oral arguments before the state Supreme Court,
• Check in with a local taproom owner - after false reports that there's a warrant out for his arrest,
• Get the county clerk's take on election conspiracy post-2020,
• Review "ready to assemble" cabinets,
• Learn the backstory behind America's first Hip Hop Week,
• Take a closer look at works by "the Goddess of Willy Street,"
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 17, 2024:

• We get the details on last night's tense Common Council meeting,
• Hear how Wisconsin's finances are looking,
• Check in on child labor laws - after a recent attempt to thwart them,
• Learn about life as a Music Therapist,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1964,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 16, 2024:

• We talk to educators at yesterday's rally,
• Learn how Madison parks are getting cleaned up ahead of Earth Day,
• Ask a local nonprofit how they used a city grant to support undocumented immigrants during the pandemic,
• Take a closer look at Indigenous Law studies at UW-Madison,
• Preview the Wisconsin Birdathon,
• Continue to celebrate baby animal season,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 15, 2024:

• We get the latest on MMSD's budget struggles,
• Learn the story behind a new statue headed for the state Capitol's grounds,
• Hear from a Madison-based zine editor who's up for a prestigious award,
• Commemorate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two apocalyptic movies,
• And much more.