WORT Local News

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 9.

• Health care workers are calling on Republican lawmakers to give them more support in this year's state budget…
• Scammers are using new technology to trick people into sending them cash…
• A horse at UW Madison is getting more parental leave than many of the university's human employees…
• And we check in with the Daily Cardinal as the UW spring semester ends and ponder why some animals have more friends than others.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 8.

• Childcare centers across the state close their doors for a day to show what could happen if they don’t get more support,
• It’s a tale of two bills as our Democratic Governor and the Republican-led legislature looks for ways to increase local funding
• And in the second half, this week in city and county government, a rainy Monday could lead to a rainy graduation this weekend, and two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 4.

• A Dane County judge heard the first of presumably many rounds of oral arguments in Wisconsin’s abortion lawsuit,
• Attorney General Josh Kaul holds a press conference shortly after those oral arguments,
• Republican lawmakers introduce their shared revenue bill filled with provisions for municipalities,
• And in the second half, the past, present, and future of United Way Dane County, replacing your old windows, and a celebration of the end of winter.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 3.

• Republican lawmakers voted not to expand Medicaid yesterday, and Democrats say they’re leaving money on the table,
• A new report says Madison’s five largest lakes are the healthiest they’ve been in years,
• And in the second half, a Mifflin Street riot in 1969, a controversial beach in Mazomanie, and UW Madison’s Odyssey turns 20.

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 2.

• Hundreds of students march on the state capitol to call for rights for people without citizenship status…
• Republican lawmakers level the governor's budget proposals…
• UW-Madison community members push back against a student using racist and violent rhetoric in a viral video… 
• Efforts continue to improve Black maternal and infant health in Dane County…
• And in the second half, Cardinal Call rounds happenings on the UW campus, a small business owner cuts back on food waste and Wildlife Weekly helps heal injured animals.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 1.

• A county committee unanimously voted against confirming state Representative Shelia Stubbs to head a major county agency,
• A lack of funding for public attorneys in Wisconsin is having dire consequences on the state’s criminal justice system,
• And in the second half, the President of Madison’s teachers union joins A Public Affair for May Day, dreary weather today makes way for warm weather later this week, and two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, April 27.

• The first wave of F-35 fighter jets land in Madison, and neighbors are already being disrupted by the noise,
• GOP Legislators introduce their shared revenue plan, dictating how municipalities would be able to use those funds,
• And in the second half, a train derailed into the Mississippi river, requesting records from elected officials no longer in office, and fishing picks up in the Madison area.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, April 26.

• Community leaders speak out against a plan to alter the flow of water to Badger Mill Creek, 
• A state legislator’s nomination to a powerful county agency causes controversy, 
• And, it’s National Library Week, a rock’n’roller comes to town, plus your weather forecast.

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 25.

• Madison teachers ask for wage increases that match inflation…
• City Bar on State Street must pay big fines after serving more than 100 underage patrons…
• CUNA Mutual workers have authorized a strike if a new contract isn’t signed within the next month…
• And in the second half, we remember the life of a local labor leader, a student group invites an anti-LGBTQ speaker to campus, and the wildlife face the danger of lawn pesticides.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, April 24.

• City officials look to undo a nearly fifty year old ban on nunchucks,
• Madison’s property tax base is in, showing that home values continue to rise,
• And in the second half, this week in city and county meetings, the cold weather is sticking around a while longer, and two new movie reviews.