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WORT Local News
Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from 6:00-7:00 PM and online anytime at WORTFM.org.
Episodes
- WORT Local News
State health officials urge Wisconsinites to get vaccinated
Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 5, 2025: We get the details on Wisconsin's first confirmed measles cases of the year, Gear up for student move-out…
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Madison leaders to consider stronger tree protections
Here's your local news for Monday, August 4, 2025: We find out what Governor Evers has to say about partisan redistricting ahead of the midterms, Outline a…
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Common Cause weighs in on national “gerrymandering wildfire”
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 31, 2025: We hear a pro-democracy watchdog's solution for partisan gerrymandering, Find out why many university…
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Madison's CARES hits 10,000 call milestone
Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 30, 2025: We'll find out why DoorDash and Uber are lobbying in favor of a bill headed to Governor Evers' desk, Get…
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ACLU of Wisconsin raises alarm on ICE detention in county jails
Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 29, 2025: We get the details on Madison's mid-year budget outlook, Outline some of the city's latest planning…
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Wisconsin lawmaker renews push to address violence against Black women
Here's your local news for Monday, July 28, 2025: We share an update on Rep. Shelia Stubbs' fight to establish a statewide task force on missing and murdered…
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Governor Tony Evers not seeking re-election in 2026
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 24, 2025: We share a big update on the 2026 gubernatorial race, Get the details on Marquette Law School's latest…
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Senator Tammy Baldwin introduces legislation to lower household costs
Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 23, 2025: We hear Senator Baldwin's plan to lower the cost of housing, child care, and household goods, Explain how…
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"20 is Plenty" officially launches in Madison
Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 22, 2025: We detail the city's latest "Vision Zero" rollout, Learn how Madison is using neighborhood-specific data to…
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Former Madison clerk broke election laws, Wisconsin Elections Commission finds
Here's your local news for Monday, July 21, 2025: We find out how state election officials are responding to the "confluence of errors" at the Madison Clerk's…
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Wisconsin Republicans spend millions on legal battles with the governor
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 17, 2025: We learn how much private attorneys are paid in the Legislature's partisan battles with the governor…
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Madison alders exempt first phase of LakeWay project from referendum
Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 16, 2025: We detail the history behind a controversial proposal that dominated yesterday's city council meeting, Get…
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Three finalists in the running for Madison Police Chief
Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 15, 2025: We share an update on the search for the next chief of the Madison Police Department, Learn how a local…
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'Mother and Child' sculpture unveiled on Madison's east side
Here's your local news for Monday, July 14, 2025: We consider the community-building power of public art, Learn how federal Medicaid cuts could impact a…
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UW Board of Regents unanimously approves tuition increase
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 10, 2025: We find out why the Sierra Club of Wisconsin is collecting thousands of origami fish, Learn about Big…
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Housing package advances to full city council
Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 9, 2025: We share the latest on a housing package that's headed to the full city council next week, Honor the Dalai…
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Public weighs in on long-delayed parole program
Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 8, 2025: We check the progress on a parole program that's taken the Department of Corrections eleven years - and…
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State budget gets mixed reviews from child care advocates
Here's your local news for Monday, July 7, 2025: We put Wisconsin's new budget under the microscope, with help from WisPolitics editor JR Ross and two child…
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Governor Evers signs next state budget
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 3, 2025: We explain why the governor rushed to sign Wisconsin's next budget, Outline an amendment that's heading back…
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Wisconsin Senate battles over UW System budget
Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 2, 2025: We outline some state budget amendments rejected in the Senate's marathon floor session today, Find out how…
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Wisconsin lawmakers make progress on state budget
Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 1, 2025: We outline the latest partisan debate over the state budget, Consider the future of communications at the…
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Madison Queer Liberation March brings politics back to Pride
Here's your local news for Monday, June 30, 2025: We find out why victim service providers are sounding the alarm on the Legislature's proposed state budget…
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City budget engagement session centers affordable, safe housing
Here's your local news for Thursday, June 26, 2025: We attend a city budget engagement session at the Black Business Hub, Hear the details on a health care…
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Housing development near Beltline clears first hurdle
Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 25, 2025: We get the details on a bid to revitalize the western corner of Capitol Square, Hear the pros and cons of…
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State Supreme Court upholds Wisconsin's Spills Law
Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 24, 2025: We hear how federal decision making could impact the city of Madison, Check in with environmental advocates…
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Republicans pass unfunded bills to avoid the governor’s partial veto
Here's your local news for Monday, June 23, 2025: We explain why Senate Republicans stripped funding allocations last week from a handful of bipartisan bills…
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State, local electeds celebrate Juneteenth
Here's your local news for Thursday, June 19, 2025: We consider security at Wisconsin's Capitol building after the politically-motivated shootings in…
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Multi-scene hazmat investigation continues in Madison
Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 18, 2025: We share the latest on an active hazmat investigation in Madison, Find out how state regulations for…
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State Supreme Court sides with AG Kaul in separation of powers lawsuit
Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 17, 2025: We hear state Republicans' public safety budget priorities, Meet city of Madison Finance Director Dave…
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Madison joins nationwide "No Kings" protests
Here's your local news for Monday, June 16, 2025: We head to this Saturday's "Kick Out the Clowns" rally in downtown Madison, Hear Wisconsin Democrats' plan…
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Madison officials answer budget questions at a tense public meeting
Here's your local news for Thursday, June 12, 2025: We share an inside look into yesterday's tense budget listening session on Madison's north side, Find out…
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Housing package seeks to expand options in Madison
Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 11, 2025: We share the details on some new proposals that seek to expand housing options in Madison, Hear the…
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ACLU of Wisconsin backs lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional maps
Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 10, 2025: We have the latest on the budget back and forth at the state Capitol, Find out why ACLU of Wisconsin is…
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Federal budget bill targets Planned Parenthood
Here's your local news for Monday, June 9, 2025: We hear from state party leaders as they prepare for the 2026 midterms, Outline the economic impact of having…
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Governor Evers, GOP leaders reach impasse on state budget
Here's your local news for Thursday, June 5, 2025: We hear what top Democrats and Republicans have to say about the stalled budget negotiations, Find out why…
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Madison blues venue loses alcohol license
Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 4, 2025: We hear state Democrats' plan to protect Wisconsinites from federal funding cuts, Share the details on last…
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State Democrats reintroduce gun regulations in “Safe Summer” package
Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 3, 2025: We get the details on the gun safety package state Democrats introduced today, Learn how the proposed cuts to…
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Meriter nurses celebrate new contract, end strike
Here's your local news for Monday, June 2, 2025: We cover the conclusion of the nurses strike at Meriter hospital, Hear what Wisconsin's Congressional…
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Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus introduces 2025 Equality Agenda
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 29, 2025: We outline the spate of proposals in the 2025 Equality Agenda, Learn how to participate in Dane County's new…
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City staff explain local impacts of federal grant freezes, federal budget bill
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 28, 2025: We hear the potential, local impacts of the Republican budget bill making its way through Congress, Get to…
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Meriter Nurses Begin Strike
In this episode: The nurses begin their planned strike at Meriter Hospital Democratic legislators lay out their budget priorities We hear from Andrew Bahl…
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Veterans for Peace host annual Memorial Day rally
Here's your local news for Monday, May 26, 2025: We head downtown for a Memorial Day rally and community gathering, Check in on Madison's Office of the…
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State Democrats introduce child care funding bill
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 22, 2025: We hear state Democrats' proposal to preserve Child Care Counts, Check in on the Pierce County residents…
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Madison property values recovering from pandemic, new city report finds
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 21, 2025: We get the details on Madison's new property tax base report, as city leaders gear up for the next budget…
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Advocates renew call for gun violence prevention
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 20, 2025: We head to the Capitol for a press conference demanding action on gun violence, Share the details on a bill…
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Madison Public Library celebrates 150 years of service
Here's your local news for Monday, May 19, 2025: We find out how Madison Public Library is celebrating a big anniversary, Hear what rural leaders had to say at…
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Resolution urging lower voting age heads to the county board
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 15, 2025: We share an update on a bid to lower the voting age in local school district elections, Learn the long…
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Labor activity continues at GHC, Meriter
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 14, 2025: We outline the flurry of labor activity in the local healthcare industry, Explore the patchwork of cell…
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Child care providers demand restoration of state funding
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 13, 2025: We head downtown to speak with the child care advocates rallying outside the state Capitol, Find out why a…
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"We are living in new territory," immigration attorneys say on second Trump presidency
Here's your local news for Monday, May 12, 2025: We get the details on three criminal justice bills making their way through the state Legislature, Check in…
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Assembly committee hearing devolves into chaos
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 8, 2025: We share an inside look into this afternoon's state budget meeting, Outline what happened at yesterday's…
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Wisconsin lawmakers gear up for state budget process
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 7, 2025: We hear how UW-Madison student activists are faring, one year after the Gaza solidarity encampment occupied…
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Mother Fool’s crash renews calls for action
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 6, 2025: We visit a Willy Street business just days after a vehicle collided with their storefront, Learn how a…
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Hundreds join "Day Without Immigrants" rally in Madison
Here's your local news for Monday, May 5, 2025: We head to downtown Madison for this year's Day Without Immigrants march, Learn how the Children's Theater of…
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It's May Day! May Day!
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 1— Local utilities are requesting rate increases, A donation helps Wisconsin Humanities stay afloat, While Dairy Drive…
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City leaders to consider harsher penalty for attacks on bus drivers
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 30, 2025: We get the details on a proposal responding to the recent rash of attacks on Madison bus drivers, Hear…
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Lapses in training and communication to blame for uncounted ballots, city report finds
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 29, 2025: We outline the findings in an internal investigation of Madison's uncounted absentee ballots last fall…
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Protesters speak out against Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest
Here's your local news for Monday, April 28, 2025: We catch you up on what's happened since Judge Hannah Dugan's high profile arrest on Friday, Find out why…
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Student homelessness hits a record high, new report finds
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 24, 2025: We find out why the Beacon unexpectedly closed all day yesterday, Detail a new report that found a rising…
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Social Security Administration grapples with policy change, staffing cuts
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 23, 2025: We speak with lobbyists who want state lawmakers to repeal Wisconsin's anti-boycott law, Attend a…