WORT Local News

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 5.

• Governor Tony Evers signs the biennial budget, issuing over 50 line-item vetoes,
• A Wisconsin activist is traveling to Canada to remember a railway tragedy ten years later,
• A UW law professor helps break down the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action ruling,
• And in the second half, we'll debut  our special series, Rooted in Land, Preserving Through Generations, produced by storytellers at Rooted; and we'll flashback to headlines from Madison in the late 1960s.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, July 3.

• A Dane County judge declines to press charges against a Madison police officer, 
• Two key Supreme Court decisions impact Wisconsin students, 
• Wisconsin counties show steady growth over the past decade,
• And in the second half, we'll get this week's abbreviated rundown of city and county meetings, speak with retiring founders of an investigative news outlet, and review two new movies.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 29.

• The air quality advisory continues here in Dane County as Canada contends with a record-setting fire season,
• The state elections commission battles with the Republican-led legislature over who will lead elections heading into the 2024 presidential race,
• And in the second half, Big Brothers Big Sisters is prepping for its annual gala; how you can learn how to be a carpenter; and what old maps can tell us about modern Madison.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 28.

• City officials are canceling events as the air quality reaches very unhealthy levels, 
• Madison’s beaches are open for swimming, but they will remain unstaffed as the city grapples with a lifeguard shortage,
• The latest Marquette Law School Poll takes a look at voter's thoughts on next year’s Senate race,
• And in the second half, an in-depth report from a Verona Area School District meeting, tragedy strikes at the Henry Vilas Zoo in 1966, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 27.

• A Dane County committee shuts down the appointment of a former sheriff to head a new criminal justice reform department…
• An Madison alder explains why he voted against a proposed downtown housing development…
• And in the second half, we take a look at the recently passed shared revenue bill, explore trails around Cherokee Marsh and help save a family of kestrels.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 26.

• Protestors in Sauk Prairie call for the return of abortion access on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision
• State statutes are filled with barriers for LGBTQ couples, even as gay marriage is legal in the state,
• A man with every angler’s dream job gives a tour of the fish collection at the UW Zoological Museum,
• And in the second half, a look back at the beginning of the Korean War, legislators vote to cut the UW Systems’ budget, and two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 22.

• The shared revenue bill signed this week will help local communities, even if work still needs to be done,
• The one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision is coming up this Saturday,
• Democratic lawmakers are looking to enshrine the right to contraception in state law,
• And in the second half, the city of Madison is once again discussing police worn body cameras; anglers adjust their strategy during this drought; and the latest ‘mingo news from Forward Madison.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 21.

•  The Common Council votes to essentially block a proposed student housing development downtown,
• The city is awash with music as Make Music Madison returns,
• While most of that music is at stationary venues, one artist brought their music to the people in a unique way,
• And in the second half, Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance fund rebounds from the early days of the pandemic, beatniks meet the Man in 1960s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 19. Happy Juneteenth!

• The County Board vote to declare Dane County a sanctuary for trans and nonbinary people,
• A Verona School District man faces charges for striking a student,
• The NAACP of Dane County calls on UW Health to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday,
• And in the second half, this week in city and county meetings, examining why the state hasn’t recognized Juneteenth as a holiday, and two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 15.

• The legislature passes their shared revenue bill, sending more money to local governments across the state,
• County Supervisors are set to vote this evening to designate Dane County a sanctuary for transgender people,
• The Madison Metro School board has agreed to offer an eight-percent wage increase for all MMSD staff,
• And in the second half, a conversation with an ExPO navigator, the pros and cons of adding siding to your home, and finding ways to reuse political memorabilia