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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 27, 2022. On todays show, a bill that aims to block gender-affirming medical care to youth, Wisconsin’s lack of childcare is affecting the workforce, two health care conglomerates in Wisconsin were in court this week, and Radio Chipstone talks printmaking and textiles.

This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 26, 2022. On todays show, Dane County officials continue to deliberate over a ballooning jail consolidation project, a new Marquette Law School Poll reveals attitudes about abortion access, the US Supreme Court, and much more, we get the scoop on a piece of legislation that could end lifetime prison sentences for youth committed of crimes, and what’s up with the cold?? We’ll have the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and travel back to Madison in 1967.

This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 26, 2022. On todays show, Dane County officials continue to deliberate over a ballooning jail consolidation project, a new Marquette Law School Poll reveals attitudes about abortion access, the US Supreme Court, and much more, we get the scoop on a piece of legislation that could end lifetime prison sentences for youth committed of crimes, and what’s up with the cold?? We’ll have the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and travel back to Madison in 1967.

This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 25, 2022. On todays show, a country star partners with a local nonprofit, it’s been a busy day for state legislators, efforts are building to replace more lead pipes in Milwaukee, and in the second half, we examine the U-W’s latest pandemic policies, diagnose reptile diseases and gaze upon cows in space.

This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 25, 2022. On todays show, a country star partners with a local nonprofit, it’s been a busy day for state legislators, efforts are building to replace more lead pipes in Milwaukee, and in the second half, we examine the U-W’s latest pandemic policies, diagnose reptile diseases and gaze upon cows in space.

This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 24, 2022. On todays show, absentee ballot drop boxes remain for the spring primary, a new hope for voting rights laws, and the newest report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. And in the second half, we take a look at this week in city government, remakes and reboots, and two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 24, 2022. On todays show, absentee ballot drop boxes remain for the spring primary, a new hope for voting rights laws, and the newest report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. And in the second half, we take a look at this week in city government, remakes and reboots, and two new movie reviews.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, January 19, 2022: * It was a day chock-full of political news, including a marathon oral argument hearing over redistricting * A new reporting project looks at how the pandemic has shaped and shifted our new reality, * We hear how local businesses are coping with the Omicron variant, * :And we’ll get the most up to date weather report on the airwaves and travel back to the sixties for a Dr. King visit to UW.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, January 19, 2022: * It was a day chock-full of political news, including a marathon oral argument hearing over redistricting * A new reporting project looks at how the pandemic has shaped and shifted our new reality, * We hear how local businesses are coping with the Omicron variant, * :And we’ll get the most up to date weather report on the airwaves and travel back to the sixties for a Dr. King visit to UW.

This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 18, 2022. On todays show, a Swiss winter tradition comes to Wisconsin, whistleblowers call for movement on investigating sexual abuse by clergy, a Waukesha County Court ruling made ballot boxes illegal… for now, and in the second half, we’ll wrap up a primer on U-W student government, detect head injuries in wild animals, and visit a slow dancing exo-planet.