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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.
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10 hours ago
What To Know About Monkeypox In Madison
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 11.
* We get an update on the current state of Monkeypox here in Dane County,
* We look at what makes three southeastern Wisconsin counties so important in Wisconsin elections,
* And in the second half, a conversation with a corrections officer, horse-powered ice cream, and our new feature heads to the lake to search for some fish.
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1 day ago
Tim Michels Wins Republican Primary, Solidifying Trump’s Influence In Wisconsin
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 10.
* We recap last night’s primary election - which saw Tim Michels take home the Republican nomination for Governor,
* And also saw Assembly Speaker Robin Vos struggle with a surprisingly tight race to keep his job,
* And in the second half, things get rocky in Fountain City, a city dance leads to flaring racial tensions in 1960s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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2 days ago
Talking With The Voters: 2022 Fall Primary
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 9.
* We head to the polls to talk with voters about today’s primary…
* We speak with a former Dane County judge investigating allegations at the Henry Vilas Zoo…
* And in the second half, Our Faith Communities explores what it means to be a Christian, Wildlife Weekly explains why cats can be bad for the environment, and Radio Astronomy celebrates the power of curiosity.
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3 days ago
On The Ground At A Waukesha Trump Rally
This is your WORT local news for Monday, August 8.
* Former President Donald Trump comes to Wisconsin ahead of tomorrow’s primary election,
* Rural Wisconsin roads are having a hard time keeping up with repairs,
* Oshkosh Defense runs into hot water when they try and move production out of their namesake city,
* And in the second half, this week in city and county meetings, how to deal with burnout, and two new movie reviews.
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Aug 4, 2022
Lawsuit Against Wisconsin’s 19th-Century Abortion Ban Moves Forward
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 4.
* UW Madison employees pen an open letter calling for increased COVID protections,
* We look at what’s going on with Attorney General Kaul’s lawsuit against the state’s abortion ban,
* The village of Belleville gets into hot water with closed-door meetings over the sale of an old library,
* And in the second half, Madison is facing a vet shortage, Gableman’s legal fees begin to add up, and a look back at racial tensions in 1960s Milwaukee
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Aug 3, 2022
Residents On Madison’s Southwest Side Upset Over Adult Store In Neighborhood
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 3.
* Disability Pride returns to Madison after a hiatus from the pandemic,
* Union leaders gather in Madison to call for Congress to address inflation,
* Protesters gather in Racine to call for the arrest of a man who admitted to committing voter fraud,
* And in the second half, stargazing at Donald Park, an early iteration of the Civilian Police Oversight Board, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Aug 2, 2022
New Plan For Dane County Jail Released As Jail Residents Are Moved To Surrounding Counties
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 2.
* The Dane County Jail may be getting a new plan more in line with its original budget…
* We talk to Tim Ramthun, a Republican candidate for governor, about why he wants to change Wisconsin's 2020 electoral votes…
* And in the second half, the Big Ten is expanding, invasive birds cause issues for native species, and debates heat up over how dense the universe really is.
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Aug 1, 2022
On pints and politicians
Here's your local news for Monday, August 1:
* Our producer travels to a "Pints and Politics" GOP event with frontrunners Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels,
* A decision on Madison's first Independent Police Monitor could be coming down the pipeline this month — after two years of searching,
* Our Faith Communities heads to a local Catholic church to sit in on a sermon,
* The Past Isn’t Past takes a trip to Disneyland to look back and when Yippies took over the park, and more.
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Jul 28, 2022
Spoiled Ballots and Fake Electors
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 28:
* A coalition steps up its push to demand that the Dane County DA investigate a Republican false elector scheme,
* Voted for a candidate who's since dropped out? Here's how to spoil your ballot,
* COVID-19 protections for thousands of migrant farmworkers expire today as the peak of the agricultural season begins,
* We continue our series of interviews with Republican candidates for governor,
* One woman's unique (and topless) protest for reproductive rights and nipple equality,
* Plus, OuttaDeeBox speaks with EXPO organizer Carle Fields and Radio Chipstone learns how to save cash as you're learning to sew.
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Jul 27, 2022
Voters With Disabilities File Lawsuit Over Absentee Ballot Return
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 27.
* Wisconsin residents with disabilities file a lawsuit against the state Elections Commission over absentee ballots,
* State election officials are looking to educate voters ahead of the fall general election,
* A new series from Wisconsin Watch highlights food insecurity in Wisconsin,
* And in the second half, goats graze in Madison parks, twin tragedies in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jul 26, 2022
Concerns Of Madison Bikers On Shared-Use Paths
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 26.
* Madison's health department is helping to fund violence prevention programs…
* Madison residents put on their helmets and butt heads over bike speeds…
* And in the second half, we kick off our fall 20-22 election coverage, explain why a little bird is so controversial, and tune in to galactic radio relics.
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Jul 21, 2022
New Lawsuit Seeks Damages For PFAS Contamination
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, July 21.
* More on yesterday’s big lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers,
* A new proposal could give you more time to learn about city business,
* We take a trip to the Dane County Fair,
* And we talk open records, meet Madison’s first Youth Poet Laureate, and explore the power of kitsch in the second half of the show.
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Jul 20, 2022
Joint Committee Throws Out Rule Authorizing Elections Clerks To Fix Absentee Ballot Errors
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 20.
* State lawmakers strike down an emergency rule authorizing election officials to fix errors on absentee ballots,
* Madison leaders approve a new low-incoming housing project ,
* A new Marquette Law Poll shows support for the US Supreme Court is dwindling,
* And in the second half, a trip to the putting green, a ride-along in the city’s CARES van, and tense debate of riot gear in 1960s Madison.
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Jul 19, 2022
CARES Program Adds Second Team And Second Location On West Side
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 19,
* Madison's alternative first-responder program expands…
* A judge bans all recordings of a high profile Madison murder trial…
* And in the second half, a Sauk City musician emerges triumphant from the pandemic, eagles get caught in fishing line, and the James Webb telescope continues capturing amazing images.
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Jul 18, 2022
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates Debate In Milwaukee
This is your WORT local news for Monday, July 18.
* Democratic candidates for U-S Senate vie ahead of next month’s primary,
* Dane County looks to extend an unhoused hotel program,
* Pink Out Week aims to raise funds for reproductive health resources through food,
* And in the second half, this week in city and county meetings, environmentally sustainable forestry, and two new movie reviews.
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Jul 14, 2022
Reproductive Health Gets a Local Boost
Here's what's on your local evening news for Thursday, July 14, 2022:
* Community Pharmacy is distributing free fentanyl testing kits to fight drug overdoses in Dane County,
* Public Health Madison Dane County is expanding reproductive health resources, and will begin offering IUDs,
* The underreported Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta could undermine tribal sovereignty for the Menominee Nation,
* Isthmus editor-in-chief Judy Davidoff tells us about her embedded reporting following one woman's trip to Illinois for abortion care,
* Families of victims of gun violence share their story,
* Outtadeebox speaks with entrepreneur J-Ball about his journey from foster care, to prison, and finally to businessman,
* And Radio Chipstone takes stock of an inherited sewing machine and accompanying gadgets.
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Jul 13, 2022
State Dems Mobilize Voters After The Fall Of Roe
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 13.
* Top state Democrats rally around abortion access ahead of the state primary election,
* Two Democratic Senate candidates voice their concern about being left out of a debate,
* A reproductive health clinic in Rockford gets ready to take on Wisconsin residents,
* And in the second half, a ride on a weed-eating machine, The Beach Boys and hot rods in 1964 Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jul 12, 2022
Abortion Ban Complicates Access To Other Medications
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 12.
* State and local officials react to the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling banning absentee ballot boxes…
* Patients struggle to find medications they need because it could be used to perform an abortion…
* Healthcare workers and nonprofit employees have a chance at student loan forgiveness…
* And in the second half, Much Ado About Nothing comes to Madison, the Humane Society's Animal Rehab Center has a busy year, and the first images from the James Webb Telescope are revealed.
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Jul 11, 2022
State Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal
This is your WORT local news for Monday, July 11.
* The state Supreme Court issues several big rulings,
* New flex lanes are coming to the beltline to help alleviate congestion during rush hour,
* And in the second half, we get the week in city and county meetings, plus working from home, and two new movie reviews.
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Jul 7, 2022
PSC Member Not Compelled To Turn Over Private Phone Records
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, July 7.
* The state Supreme Court makes an important ruling on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line,
* A new report links school spending in Wisconsin to the state’s tax burden,
* The Rape Crisis Center opens a new service in the wake of the overturning of Roe,
* And in the second half, a state supreme court decision on open records, a conversation with a local Buddhist leader, and a trip to the thrift store.
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Jul 6, 2022
Healthcare Workers Share Mental Health, Staffing Struggles At Dane County Hearing
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 6.
* The Supreme Court rules on additional legal protections for sex trafficking victims,
* Local healthcare workers share their stories, and help explain why Dane County has a shortage of healthcare workers,
* City officials hold a press conference to discuss the Highland Park shooter’s intentions when he fled to Madison,
* And in the second half, the highest hill in Rock County, 1960s auditorium drama, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jul 5, 2022
Henry Vilas Zoo Issued Two USDA Animal Welfare Act Violations
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 5.
* The Henry Vilas Zoo gets two federal violations for incidents regarding capybaras…
* The city of Madison holds a listening session to discuss the status of Well 15…
* A Madison apartment building isn’t allowing its tenants to use window air conditioners…
* And in the second half, we explore vegan dining options at U-W Madison, keep pests away with killdeer, and bend light across the universe.
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Jun 30, 2022
35 Years Later, Wisconsin’s Act 292 Law Is Still On The Books
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 30.
* We examine a little-known state law that can detain pregnant women,
* The US Supreme Court threatens environmental standards,
* Tibetan Buddhists hold service just outside of Madison,
* And in the second half, how spending 28 years in prison can teach us to be more understanding, a celebration of Black Art at Madison’s Central Library, and the bane of all craftspeople.
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Jun 29, 2022
Willy Street Treasure Shop Crash Renews Calls For Action
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 29.
* The state’s high court rules that Fred Prehn does not need to step down from the DNR board,
* We break down why so many crashes seem to happen on Willy Street,
* We talk with the group POWERS on navigating a post-Roe world,
* And in the second half, a round up of all the firework displays this weekend in Dane County, political action on July 4th in the 1960s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jun 28, 2022
AG Kaul Files Legal Challenge Against Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 28.
* Top Democrats file a lawsuit to nullify Wisconsin’s abortion ban,
* An OBGYN shares how her job has changed since the overturning of Roe v Wade…
* And in the second half, we explore how L-G-B-T-Q rights have evolved in Wisconsin over 40 years, watch orioles fill the skies, and track quantum particles in space.
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Jun 27, 2022
US Supreme Court Overturns Roe V Wade
This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 27.
* We round up the latest fallout from the Supreme Court’s stripping of constitutional right to privacy and abortion,
* We round up resources for people who may be left in the lurch,
* And we get the latest in local meetings and government, explore the evolution of music marketing, and review two new movies.
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Jun 23, 2022
Three Wisconsin Coal Power Plants To Close Years Later Than Anticipated
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 23.
* Two Wisconsin energy companies double back on their promise to close their coal power plants for the moment,
* The Madison Water Utilities release their yearly water quality report,
* Madison alders resurrect a ban on the use of tear gas and pepper spray for police officers,
* And in the second half, open records and investigations, a permanent Streatery program, and how to pick a sewing pattern.
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Jun 22, 2022
Special Session On Abortion Lasts Only 14 Seconds
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 22.
* A busy day at the state capitol, as state lawmakers hold a special session to decide the fate of abortion access in Wisconsin,
* Paddlers ride down the Rock River in celebration of a 1,200 year old canoe
* How Illinois is preparing to care for Wisconsinites with the fall of Roe,
* And in the second half, a rock and roll karate match, tragedy at the Henry Vilas Zoo in the 1960s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jun 21, 2022
City Launches New Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 21.
* UW students hold a rally to call out anti-Asian hate on campus,
* Musicians gather around Madison to make the city a bit more musical,
* The city introduces a new program for no strings attached guaranteed income
* And in the second half, a new play looks to rewrite history, birds beat the heat, and we get sucked into a beginner’s guide to black holes.
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Jun 20, 2022
A Look Inside The Outdated Dane County Jail
This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 20.
* Madison comes out to celebrate Juneteenth, even as the state trails in formally recognizing the holiday,
* We travel inside the 1950’s-era Dane County Jail,
* And in the second half, we preview local government meetings, look at corporate rainbow washing during Pride month, and get the scoop on two new movies.
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Jun 16, 2022
Dane County Sues DNR Over PFAS Regulations For Storm Water Permit
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 16.
* Dane County sues the state over PFAS testing,
* UW-Madison students organize against an alleged assault near campus,
* We learn what the new health advisories from the EPA on PFAS contamination in water mean for both scientists and regular citizens,
* And in the second half, an incarcerated person gives their insights on life, what makes sour beers so sour, and a father’s day celebration.
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Jun 15, 2022
Veterans Housing Complex Celebrates Grand Opening
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 15.
* A new health advisory for PFAS chemicals sits well below some Madison’s wells,
* A new veterans-focused housing development comes to the east side,
* Wisconsin towns are tightening their budgets,
* And in the second half, a chill history of an outdoor staple, controversy over a school name in the 1960s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jun 14, 2022
Massive Storm Leave Over 17,000 Madison Residents Without Power
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 14.
* Yesterday’s storms caused widespread damage across Madison, just in advance of a major heatwave…
* A new film screening at Sun Prairie Public Library shares the stories of unhoused families in Dane County…
* And in the second half, a Wisconsin musician reflects on their triumphant return to live music, two long-time radio hosts celebrate their retirement, and solar eclipses continue to illuminate our understanding of space.
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Jun 13, 2022
Downed power lines and tree-scattered roads
Here's your local news for Monday, June 13, 2022:
* A storm takes out power for much of south-central Wisconsin,
* There's more wild weather in store tomorrow,
* Students rally for gun reform,
* Plus we take a journey across time and space via canoe, review beauty standards, and get the scoop on two new movies.
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Jun 9, 2022
Fiber Arts Store Targeted By “Trans-A-Phobic” Activist
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 9.
* The Dane County Board of Supervisors and area students call on congressional leaders to take action on gun violence,
* A Madison yarn shop pushes back on anti-transgender vandalism,
* Madison schools struggle to get enough food for school lunches due to supply chain issues,
* And in the second half, a crash course in food and beer pairing, the Wisconsin Transparency Project wins big, and we learn to get back into sewing.
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Jun 8, 2022
Madison Common Council Votes To Adopt Metro Network Redesign Plan
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 8.
* The Madison Common Council votes to adopt transit changes in yet another packed meeting,
* Governor Tony Evers calls a special session for action on abortion access,
* A small town in Wisconsin becomes the center of a nation-wide media storm,
* And in the second half, a trip on the Lake Monona Bike Loop, part two of our memorial to those who died in the Vietnam war, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Jun 7, 2022
Madison Common Council To Vote For Truth And Reconciliation Process For City Of Madison
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 7.
* A local artist roasts a project to paint fire hydrants in Monona…
* It’s Madison Bike Week, and we talk with cyclists around town about why they bike…
* A new city workgroup aims to address racial disparities in Madison…
* And in the second half, U-W Madison goes on summer break, we learn what the Dane County Humane Society is up to, and tune into some deep space radio signals.
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Jun 6, 2022
Dane County Board Orders Independent Investigation Of Henry Vilas Zoo
This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 6.
* The Dane County Board of Supervisors vote to hold an external investigation into the management of Henry Vilas Zoo,
* The Great Wisconsin Bird-a-thon is just flying by,
* And in the second half, all the meetings happening around the city and county this week, a social media graveyard, and two new movie reviews.
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Jun 2, 2022
Construction At Dane County Airport Leads To Planes Flying Over Isthmus
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 2.
* Planes are rerouting to fly over downtown Madison until airport construction finishes,
* Madison residents continue to be divided over the Metro Transit Network Redesign,
* And in the second half, we find out the most important ingredient in every beer, our newest feature talking with currently or formerly incarcerated people, and memories from the U-W Campus.
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Jun 1, 2022
Madison Teachers Walk Out Over Proposed School District Budget, Wages
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 1.
* A Dane County Judge throws his hat in the ring to become Wisconsin’s next Supreme Court Justice,
* One of Madison’s beaches hopes to avoid closure this summer from toxic algae blooms,
* Faculty and staff at Madison’s East High School walk out over teacher’s wages,
* And in the second half, we head to a rock in a house, we continue our report on a local mosque, and we remember those who died in Vietnam from 1960s Madison.
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May 31, 2022
Royal Thai Pavilion Repair Nearly Underway
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 31.
* Madison is considering ways to reduce light pollution..
* The Royal Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Botanical Gardens is getting ready for major repairs…
* Employees at the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Officer say their workplace is toxic…
* And in the second half, we visit Madison's Madinah Mosque, duck from dive-bombing blackbirds and take the measure of marsquakes.
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May 26, 2022
How are the record shops doing?
Here's your local evening news for Thursday, May 26:
* Voting rights advocates say a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court could have serious implications for disabled Wisconsinites,
* Record shops are adapting to changing sales, trends, and locations,
* Ella's Deli may be gone, but the colorful whimsy returns in the form of a new mural,
* And we get the recap on the GOP convention last weekend, explore what makes a malt beer malty, and learn more about open records when it comes to government subcontractors.
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May 25, 2022
How to cope
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 25:
* Area educators tell us how they're speaking to students about the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde,
* The Madison city council moves to streamline historic preservation rules,
* A report shows Wisconsin hospitals cost insurers some of the highest rates in the nation,
* And we travel to Apple River Canyon in northern Illinois.
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May 24, 2022
Quality assurance testers at Raven Software make history
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 24:
* Madison teachers push for better pay,
* An anti-circumcision group comes to town,
* And we check in with a local government reporter on the historic unionization of quality assurance testers at Raven Software.
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May 23, 2022
How a retired hypnotherapist helped fuel a far-right complaint in Wisconsin
Here's what's on your local evening news:
* Why Madison is practicing "Low Mow May" in an effort to help the pollinators,
* We dive deep into the local risks of ransomware,
* And how a complaint from retired hypnotherapist Jay Stone helped fuel the hunt for election fraud in Wisconsin.
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May 19, 2022
UW-Madison Study Says 50 Thousand Lives Per Year Can Be Saved By Reducing Air Pollutants Emission
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 19.
* A new study quantifies the health effects of air pollutants,
* A downtown Madison courtyard is scheduled for a makeover,
* Isthmus on WORT brings an update on an ongoing effort to save the birds,
* and Fermenting WORT talks the state of the brewing industry with a Milwaukee brewing company,
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May 18, 2022
New Jail Price Tag Rises Once Again
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 18.
* A new report details how schools across the state have spent federal pandemic aid,
* Inflation causes the new Dane County Jail to rise in price once again,
* Milk Banks offer families struggling to find baby formula a unique way of feeding their children,
* And in the second half, college students rally over buses in 1967, our newest feature heads to Indian Lake County Park, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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May 17, 2022
Stores Struggle To Find Baby Formula Amidst Shortage
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 17.
* UW Madison introduces its new chancellor, and Republican lawmakers are not happy,
* We examine how baby formula shortages are affecting Madison,
* As COVID cases climb once again, we ask what the summer may bring for the pandemic,
* And in the second half, we revisit an award-winning story about watches, spot bird nests in peculiar places, and gaze into the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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May 16, 2022
City To Offer Loans To Homeowners To Help Build Granny Flats
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 16.
* The city is offering homeowners loans to help build “granny flats” around Madison,
* Indigenous people in Wisconsin fight against the Enbridge pipeline, saying it will disrupt agriculture,
* The sale of part of the Yahara Golf Course could mean bigger things for the city’s other golf courses,
* And in the second half, state lawmakers speak out about abortion access, generational trauma in movies, and two new movie reviews.
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May 12, 2022
Staying Cool At Madison Public Parks
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 12.
* Madison resident’s get out and enjoy the heatwave hitting the state,
* The Madison Common Council has a summer filled with some major shakeups,
* And in the second half,we learn how bacteria creates alcohol in our beer, we find out who’s really in charge, and we head to a fashion show to learn how clothing can bring out other passions.
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May 11, 2022
Federal Judges Block Cardinal Hickory Creek From Crossing Wildlife Refuge
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 11.
* The Madison Common Council discuss trains, golf courses, medians, and more at last night’s meeting,
* A panel of federal judges refuse to allow the Cardinal Hickory Creek Power Line to be routed through federally protected land,
* And in the second half, Wisconsin’s walleye population is on the decline, a bongo party is raided by police in 1960s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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May 10, 2022
Madison Preps To Assist With Gun Reform Litigation
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 10.
* Madison gets ready to help litigation to curb gun violence…
* Southern Wisconsin is under a tornado watch, and the rest of your evening weather forecast…
* The union representing Madison’s teachers is suing the school district over records requests…
* And in the second half, another spring semester winds down at U-W, an orphan gosling finds a new home, and interstellar rayguns light up the cosmos.
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May 9, 2022
Pro-Choice Supporters Rally; Anti-Abortion Group Attacked Over Weekend
This is you WORT local news for Monday, May 9.
* A pro-abortion rights protest and bombing an anti-abortion group marked some more fallout over the leaked Supreme Court decision,
* A local scientist was integral to the latest global climate change report, and tells us to not lose hope,
* We get an update on the sentencing of Kenyairra Gadson,
* And in the second half, we preview local government meetings, review two new movies, and re-play a feature that won a statewide award this weekend.
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May 5, 2022
Advocating For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women At The State Capitol
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 5.
* The city plans to convert around 100 planted medians to concrete and turf grass,
* Activists gather at the state capitol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day,
* Our newest feature provides a portrait of one local religious institution,
* And in the second half, the dramatic history of pilsners, intersectionality between race and mental health, and how we process art created by enslaved craftspeople.
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May 4, 2022
Dane County Files Lawsuit For PFAS Damages
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 4.
* Protests gather at the state capitol in response to the potential overturning of Roe v Wade,
* Dane County is suing manufacturers of PFAS-laden firefighting foam,
* The city works to cut their food waste in half by 2030 with a new composting program,
* And in the second half: the difficulty of trying to truly silence our computers, drama over Truax Field in 1962, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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May 3, 2022
State And Local Lawmakers React To SCOTUS Apparent Intent To Overturn Roe V Wade
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 3.
* State and local lawmakers react to the news that the US Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v Wade,
* Wisconsin Starbucks workers hold a rally to drum up support for unionization,
* And in the second half, we consider skateboarding on the UW campus and what to do if you hit an animal with your car.
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May 2, 2022
“United We Stand, We The People” Rally Calls For Robin Vos To Step Down
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 2.
* East High School students stage a walkout in support of immigration reform,
* Wisconsin renters continue to struggle finding housing after two years of the pandemic,
* The new Dane County Board chair supports an investigation into the Henry Vilas Zoo,
* And in the second half, we look at all the meetings happening around Madison and Dane County this week, a “Stop the Steal” rally takes place at the state capitol, and two new movie reviews.
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Apr 29, 2022
Teachers’ Union “Disappointed” In Next Budget’s Low Wage Increase
This is your local news for April 28.
* Madison’s teachers union is disappointed with the small wage increase proposed in MMSD’s next budget,
* A group of YIMBYs push for more housing around Madison and fight against urban sprawl,
* And in the second half, how much open government other states have, a trip to the funk factory, and how to deal with problematic art.
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Apr 27, 2022
Kinnard Farms Asks DNR To Review Groundwater Monitoring Mandate On Farm
This is your local news for April 27.
* A farm in northeastern Wisconsin is suing the state DNR to get out of groundwater testing,
* Olbrich Botanical Gardens has a smelly visitor coming in the next week,
* The newest Marquette Law School Poll breaks down how people are feeling about this November’s election,
* And in the second half, we protect our cranes, a bleak report on Atwood Avenue from 19-67, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Apr 26, 2022
City Could Drop “Quota” From Police Oversight Board, Settling Lawsuit
Here's your local news for April 26:
* The City of Madison could drop the "quota" from the Police Oversight Board,
* The family of Quadren Wilson continue to ask for answers,
* The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness launches a program to lower Black infant mortality rates,
* And in the second half, we share a roundup of U-W student government elections, get to know a tiny visitor to the wildlife rehabilitation center, and celebrate the work of amateur astronomers.
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Apr 25, 2022
Progress Center For Black Women Begin New Incubator Program
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 25. On todays show, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress makes the results of their 2022 Spring Hearing available to all, Governor Tony Evers creates the new Office of Environmental Justice for Earth Day, The Progress Center for Black Women launches a new program to help connect Black entrepreneurs, and in the second half, this week in city meetings, a trip to the drive in, and a Nic Cage celebration with two movie reviews.
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Apr 22, 2022
The Sewing Machine Project: Mending Everything But Broken Hearts
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 21. On todays show, a group of sewing experts lend a needle to anybody in need of mending, a Mount Pleasant resident is sued by village officials, our student reporter dives into parking issues on the west side, and in the second half, we take a trip to Door County Brewing Company, and the state G-O-P convention comes to Dane County.
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Apr 20, 2022
A 420 Miracle: A Cannabis Bill Finally Gets A Public Hearing
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 20. On todays show, the Madison Common Council holds a marathon meeting, with the public giving hours of public comment, a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin gets a public hearing, a county in central Wisconsin votes to dissolve its diversity commission, and in the second half, student rocket scientists, urban renewal in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Apr 19, 2022
Life Of Brine: Better For Roads
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 19. On todays show, the Wisconsin Attorney General's office provides an update on its ongoing investigation of clergy abuse, a new report details a better way to treat roads during winter, we explore how Wisconsin has used federal pandemic aid compared to other states, and in the second half, the show investigates why there are very few Indigenous students at U-W Madison, rehabilitates an unusual amphibious creature and gaze upon the largest recorded comet as it gets ready to pass Earth.
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Apr 18, 2022
Treatment Plan Could Be Coming For Well 15
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 18. On todays show, Madison city officials move to begin PFAS treatment at Well 15, Madison’s Police Chief weighs in on body cameras before the city council votes on them tomorrow nights, and in the second half, new County Board members, a trip to the video store, and two new movie reviews.
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Apr 14, 2022
Judge Rules DNR Cannot Force PFAS Cleanup
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 14. On todays show, Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit gets more federal funding and inches closer to reality, Wisconsin construction workers aren’t getting paid a livable wage, a court ruling says the DNR cannot enforce cleanups of PFAS contaminations. And in the second half, how much a piece of paper really costs, the newest trend in beer, and bodybuilding artists.
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Apr 13, 2022
State Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 13. On todays show, a new investigation shows numerous wrongful allegations of child abuse both in Wisconsin and across the county, why the city is implementing a new recycling fee, and a new podcast explores the way prosecutors operate across the state of Wisconsin. And in the second half, the state supreme court hears oral arguments on absentee ballot drop-boxes, the Daily Cardinal calls for answers on Vietnam in the 19-60s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Apr 12, 2022
Dane County Jail Extends Opioid Treatment Options
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 11. On todays show, federal COVID-19 vaccine funding is running out, so how does distribution work now? The Dane County Jail announced a program to help fight opioid addiction, there's a new spelling bee champion, the state's Conservation Congress is right around the corner, and we have an up-to-date weather forecast.
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Apr 11, 2022
Black Business Hub Holds Groundbreaking Event On South Park Street
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 11. On todays show, Governor Tony Evers joins local leaders for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Black Business Hub, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hands over thousands of emails related to the 20-20 presidential election investigation, and public transportation ridership numbers steeply drop after the first years of the pandemic. And in the second half, how we deal with burnout, a local fishing tackle shop gets new owners, and two movie reviews.
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Apr 7, 2022
New State Report Suggests Ways to Combat Opioid Epidemic
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 7. On todays show, a new report outlines strategies to combat the opioid epidemic, the ACLU of Wisconsin opens a records request from the Waukesha School District, and in the second half, furries at Waunakee High School, the best beers for the Easter season, and the hidden meaning behind abandoned houses.
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Apr 6, 2022
The Winners And Losers In Last Night’s Spring Election
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 6. On todays show, election day was yesterday, and we’ll take a look through all of the results, two counties in western Wisconsin vote to voice their support for clean water throughout the region, and in the second half, we take a trip to the geology museum; how Madison processed the death of Martin Luther King Jr; and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Apr 5, 2022
WORT Talks With The Voters
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 5. On todays show, it's Election Day, and there are still a couple of hours left to vote, we hear about Madison's latest weather forecast, and, a proposed city-county Homeless Bill of Rights aims to improve the condition and dignity of people without permanent shelter.
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Apr 4, 2022
Palmyra Residents Concerned Over Handling Of Avian Flu Outbreak At Local Farm
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 4th. On todays show, Jefferson County residents voice concern about birds with avian flu, environmental activists are pushing to move away from using ethanol as a fuel source, school board races across the state get bombarded with ultra-conservative candidates, and in the second half, a visit to a local arcade, this week in city government, and two new movie reviews.
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Mar 31, 2022
CARES Program Expands City-Wide
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 31. On todays show, we go to Waunakee for the final batch of candidates running for a seat on the Dane County Board, the Madison CARES program expands to offer services city-wide, and in the second half, what information we can get from the government about elections, what goats have to do with beer, and what does looming have to do with meditation.
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Mar 30, 2022
Madison Starbucks Fights To Unionize
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 30. On todays show, we break down the newest Marquette Law School poll and learn what people think of Katanji Brown-Jackson, we continue our election coverage with a trip to McFarland to learn more about the candidates running for Dane County Board, a Madison Starbucks becomes the third in the state to try and form a union, and in the second half, how the state profits from the current housing market, Madison officials in the 19-60s fight against counter culture, and your weekly weather forecast.
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Mar 29, 2022
The Race For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 37
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 29th. On todays show, a legal aid group is working to make eviction notices not stay on your record for decades, we go to southeast Dane County to check out another supervisor race in the spring election, a western Wisconsin high school adds a unique sport to its extracurricular offerings, and in the second half, the Daily Cardinal starts its spring semester’s Action Project, owlets are beginning to hatch, and we travel back in time to the beginning of the universe.
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Mar 28, 2022
State DNR Rules Factory Farm In Kewaunee County Must Monitor Groundwater For Pollution
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 28th. On todays show, we head to the Village of Cross Plains to continue our 20-22 spring election coverage, Wisconsinites submit a petition to Congress to urge for limits on prescription price gouging, and we learn why environmental activists are celebrating a move to limit the growth of a factory farm in Kewaunee County. And in the second half, we talk with the new Artist in Residence with the city’s Sewerage District, we enter a frivolous internet debate, and two movie reviews.
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Mar 24, 2022
Meet The Candidates For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 20
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 24. On todays show, we head to the northeast corner of Dane County to continue our election coverage, Republicans continue to fight the Affordable Care Act 12 years later, the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center is getting an expansion, and in the second half, we’ll get an update on the Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant, meet an artist who never gave up embroidery, and unveil our newest feature about beer.
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Mar 24, 2022
US Supreme Court Rules Wisconsin Must Redraw Governor Tony Evers’ Maps
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 23rd. On todays show, the grandmother of Tony Robinson hopes a little known state law will help her family find justice, two juvenile prison facilities take their final steps before closing for good, and why the U-S Supreme court tossed out Governor Tony Evers redistricting maps, and in the second half, we get the rundown on the newest federal supreme court candidate, 19-60s Madison joins the civil rights movement, and your weekly weather report.
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Mar 22, 2022
Mark Pocan Helps Announce Federal Funds For Men’s Homeless Shelter In Madison
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 22. On today's show, we continue our spring election coverage with a Board of Supervisors showdown in the southwest corner of Dane County, concerned citizens are speaking out to protect wetlands habitat in Madison, we hear about the role of federal funds in a new, permanent men’s homeless shelter for the city, and in the second half, student employees share their thoughts on the lifting of U-W Madison’s mask mandate, rabbits start hopping into spring, and jellyfish galaxies sprawl across the cosmos.
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Mar 21, 2022
Meet The Candidates For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 31
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 21, 2022. On todays show, we head to Oregon to continue our coverage of candidates for the Dane County Board, we hear about a way to help grain farmers become more environmentally and economically sustainable, and we talk to a reporter with an explosive new report about faculty bullying at U-W Madison. And in the second half, a play showcases the Latino-American experience for children, we uncover how celebrities use social media to aid in stalking, and two brand new movie reviews.
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Mar 17, 2022
Town Of Madison To Become Part Of City of Madison
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 17, 2022. On todays show, we continue our election coverage with a trip to Cottage Grove, what the city of Madison absorbing the town of Madison means for the people who live there, and what a Latvian American sees in the invasion of Ukraine. And in the second half, we attend an award ceremony for transparent governments, what is daylight savings, and how we find comfort in the items of lost loved ones.
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Mar 16, 2022
Meet the Candidates for Dane County Board District 24
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 16, 2022. On todays show, we meet the candidates in the race for district 24’s Dane County Board of Supervisors, a look at how to vote absentee in the 20-22 spring election, and in the second half, a report details if more money can lead to smarter babies, a jazz performance in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Mar 14, 2022
Preliminary Hearing For Quadren Wilson Held
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 14. On todays show, a preliminary hearing for Quadren Wilson, concerns over the Enbridge Pipeline, and in the second half, this week in local meetings, plant parents, and two new movie reviews.
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Mar 9, 2022
Satya’s Plan For Homeless Shelter Location Could Face Hurdles
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 9. On todays show, the city announces a location for a new men’s homeless shelter amid drama, the 2021/2022 legislative session comes to a close, and in the second half, banned films and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Mar 8, 2022
State Supreme Court Hears Arguments For Dane County Mask Mandates
This is your WORT News for Tuesday, March 8, 2022. On todays show, the Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments that could affect future mask mandates, Centro Hispano is getting a new building, and in the second half, we consider the latest COVID guidelines at the U-W, the return of the bird flu, and magnetic black holes.
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Mar 7, 2022
Report Finds Stark Disparities In Madison Homeownership
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 7. On todays show, racial disparities in Madison homeownership grow, state Republicans take redistricting to the U-S Supreme Court, and in the second half, the firebombing of Tokyo, the return of early 2000s fashion, and two new movie reviews.
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Mar 3, 2022
Jail Consolidation Project Gets Another New Plan Ahead Of Vote
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 3, 2022. On todays show, yet another proposal to consolidate the Dane County Jail…, Madison engineering changes over the years, and in the second half, we look at the role of open records in the Gableman investigation, a review of the musical Hairspray, and how to define cultural appropriation.
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Mar 2, 2022
State Supreme Court To Decide If Private Phone Records Can Be Made Public
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 2, 2022. On todays show, a open records case makes it to the state Supreme Court, a new library is proposed on Madison’s far east side, and in the second half, an update on the Gableman investigation, protests continue in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Feb 28, 2022
What Are Sanctions, And Why Are They So Significant?
This is your WORT News for Monday, February 28, 2022. On todays show, a bill that would punish college administrators for violating expressive rights, why the sanctions on Russia by leaders across the globe are so significant, and in the second half, this week in city government, baby boomers on tik tok, and two new movie reviews.
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Feb 24, 2022
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Explains Lack Of Information On Quadren Wilson Investigation
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 24, 2022. On todays show, state officials rule against PFAS guidelines, the Dane County Sheriff defends an ongoing investigation, and in the second half, Madison schools pause plans to end certain honors classes, we get a local explainer on Ukraine, and we’ll hear about the folks behind an upcoming pop-up art market.
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Feb 23, 2022
Madison Attorney Sues City Over Confederate Rest Removal
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 23, 2022. On todays show, a lawsuit to restore confederate monuments, a multi-state power line hits a snag when it can’t cross the Mississippi River, and in the second half, a rally for trans youth, the state of the tribes address, and Vietnam protests in the 19-60s.
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Feb 22, 2022
Stagehand Union Working Through Pandemic
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 22, 2022. On todays show, a bevy of Republican election bills get fast-tracked in the statehouse, a local theater union has supported backstage workers through the pandemic, a major new development on State Street raises hackles, and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, investigate how extreme weather affects wildlife and explore what light can reveal about stars.
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Feb 22, 2022
State Democrats Introduce Bill Package To Address Teacher Shortage
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, February 21, 2022. On todays show, state lawmakers introduce new bills to address Wisconsin's teacher shortage, the Dane County Executive calls for more transparency in the shooting of Quadren Wilson, and in the second half, this week in city meetings, olympic scandals, and two new movie reviews.
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Feb 17, 2022
Family of Quadren Wilson Hold Press Conference Outside Dane County Jail
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 17, 2022. On todays show, the family of Quadren Wilson holds a press conference, access to food aid is being tightened, and demonstrators protest an anti-transgender bill. In the second half of the show… a history of e-recycling, the latest in a Supreme Court case, and fashion from the 18-hundreds.
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Feb 16, 2022
Governor Tony Evers Gives State Of The State Address
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 16, 2022. On todays show, Governor Evers gives his State of the State address, how one person changes every lightbulb in the state capitol building, and a conversation with the owner of Sugar Shack Records. And in the second half, a new art gallery in McFarland, a 1960s crack down on the Daily Cardinal, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Feb 15, 2022
La Follette Students Stage Walkout In Support Of Quadren Wilson
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 15, 2022. On todays show, student stage a walkout at La Follette High, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway discusses ballot dropboxes, Republicans rally at the Capitol to overturn the 20-20 presidential election results, and in the second half, U-W pivots for the next stage of the pandemic, flock with a horde of passerines, and traverse a spider’s web of galaxies.
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Feb 14, 2022
Online dating over the generations ❤️
Here's your local news for February 14, 2022—
* Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett pushes for a new jail,
* The local face mask mandate is set to expire at the end of the month,
* A local rental assistance program gets an influx of cash,
* Wisconsin's wolf hunt is officially canceled,
* And we look at sensitive crimes, online dating and Valentine's Day, two new movie reviews, and... better know a bureaucrat?
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Feb 10, 2022
East High Students Train School On Sexual Violence
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 10, 2022. On todays show, tackling the state’s childcare woes, East High students educate the school on sexual assault, Senator Ron Johnson in hot water over Wisconsin jobs, and in the second half, body camera meetings paid for by body camera companies, and the intersection between printmaking and music.
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Feb 9, 2022
Family Of Quadren Wilson Hold Press Conference Looking For Answers
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 9, 2022. On todays show, a bill to give Republican lawmakers more authority over elections, the family of Quadren Wilson are still looking for answers, and a restrictive abortion bill in the legislature gets a hearing. In the second half, housing in Wisconsin, young lovers fight before Valentines days in the 19-60s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Feb 8, 2022
Mayor Satya Predicts Madison-Milwaukee Rail
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 8, 2022. On today's show, a passenger rail project could be chugging toward Madison, state legislators propose to legalize medical marijuana, again, public policy researchers propose another option for Wisconsin’s budget surplus, and in the second half, we learn about prescribed burns, meet a common winter bird, and find new wonders in space with a technicolor telescope.
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Feb 7, 2022
Family, Protestors Demand Justice For Quadren Wilson
This is your WORT News for Monday, February 7, 2022. On todays show, the family of a man shot during an incident with police last week want answers, an over 50 year old time capsule is discovered at a local V-F-W, and in the second half, the hippie riots of the 19-60s, micro-celebrities, and two new movie reviews.
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Feb 3, 2022
State DNR Hears Hours Of Public Comment Of Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 3, 2022. On todays show, a marathon of public comments on the Enbridge oil pipeline, new legislation looking to curb gun violence, a host of issues in the Madison Metro School District, and in the second half, Transparency Talk looks into our court system, and Radio Chipstone gets an ice boat ride.
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Feb 2, 2022
New Bills Would Allow Cities To Sell Parks From Knowles-Nelson Stewardship
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 2, 2022. On todays show, new bills would put parkland across the state in jeopardy, Black History Month at the Madison Public Library, and in the second half, how we process death during COVID, we travel 19-62 to see what’s happening in Madison, and your most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Feb 1, 2022
Network Redesign Aims To Create More Equitable Bus Service In Madison
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 1, 2022. On todays show, Madison is moving forward with a needed redesign of its bus system, the standards for the city’s historic districts are changing, and in the second half, U-W digs deep on the legacy of M-L-K, sick foxes get needed treatment, and an intermittent anomaly intrigues astronomers.
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Jan 31, 2022
Tree Labyrinth Officially Opens Yesterday In Olbrich Park
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 31, 2022. On todays show, the path to medical marijuana is Wisconsin, the opening of the tree labyrinth at Olbrich Park, and Madison’s watershed reports are looking for public input. And in the second half, this weeks meetings around Madison, the newest word-based game gripping social media, and two new movie reviews.
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Jan 27, 2022
New Bill In State Legislature Would Block Gender Affirming Care For Youth
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.
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Jan 26, 2022
Dane County Jail Consolidation Project Continues To Face Barriers
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.
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Jan 25, 2022
The Madison Reading Project Partners With Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
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.
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Jan 24, 2022
Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Allows Absentee Ballot Boxes To Be Used In Spring Primary
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.
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Jan 19, 2022
A Marathon Oral Argument at the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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.
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Jan 18, 2022
Silvesterchlausen Rings In The New Year With Food, Drinks And Yodeling
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.
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Jan 13, 2022
Nurses Meet With UW Health CEO To Discuss Union
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 13, 2022. On today's show, COVID cases in Wisconsin bring in the National Guard, Madison’s loss of an iconic artist, and an update on U-W Health’s nurses attempt to form a union. And in the second half, alcohol deaths in Wisconsin are on the rise, what the heck are NFT’s, and a view into the world of bodybuilding.
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Jan 12, 2022
National Guard Holds Public Meeting To Discuss PFAS Cleanup At Truax Field
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 12, 2022. On today's show, National Guard officials explain the process of cleaning up PFAS chemicals, Senator Tammy Baldwin speaks with us on a push for voting rights, and in the second half, mushrooms, student sit-ins, and the best weather forecast on the airwaves.
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Jan 11, 2022
Madison Board Of Education Approves Additional COVID Sick Leave
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 11, 2022. On todays show, Madison teachers are getting more sick leave, a new poll shows how Wisconsites feel about a variety of policy issues, and in the second half, we dive into student government at U-W, endure winter with local wildlife, and hold a funeral for a star.
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Jan 6, 2022
Wisconsin Sees Third Straight Day Of Record Covid Numbers
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 6, 2022. On todays show, COVID numbers are hitting record highs and impacting hospital and educational capacities, We look at the first year of the Madison civilian oversight board, and in the second half, a look back at the January 6th insurrection, a new years resolution for a more open government, and a historic look at textiles.
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Jan 5, 2022
South Madison Plan Officially Adopted By Madison Common Council
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 5, 2021. On todays show, the South Madison Plan is officially adopted, Lake Michigan is getting saltier, and a workshop to help you repay federal student loans. And in the second half, Wisconsin taxes are down across the board, we take a look at some U-W Madison news from 19-62, and the best weather forecast on the airwaves.
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Jan 4, 2022
Newly Introduced Bill Aims To Take Voting Rights From Convicted Felons
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 4, 2022. On todays show, a pair of bills looking to take voted rights from people convicted of felonies, National Radon Action Month begins, and in the second half, student government, owl pellets, and baby planets.
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Jan 3, 2022
Madison Metropolitan School District Announces Winter Break Extension
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 3, 2022. On today's show, Madison families await information following a delay in back-to-school instruction, meanwhile, one community leader is lessening the burden on parents. And in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, review two new movies, and count down some of our favorite moments of 20-21.
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Dec 31, 2021
Year-In-Review: Transportation
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 30, 2021, the final special year-in-review edition. On today's show, we look at transportation issues that effected Madison in 2021, from car crashes to Bus Rapid Transit to bikes. We will return to our normal newscast next week.
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Dec 29, 2021
Year in Review: Unhoused Issues
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 28, 2021, special year-in-review edition. On today's show, we take a look at the changing landscape of homelessness in the midst of a pandemic. We’ll talk tiny homes, Reindahl Park, and city council meetings.
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Dec 28, 2021
Year in Review: Water Issues
This is your special "Year-In-Review" edition of WORT Local News for Monday, December 27, 2021. Our volunteers are taking the week off as we look back what has effected Madison in 2021. Today, we look at water issues in Madison, from PFAS to blue-green algea.
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Dec 23, 2021
COVID Tests Hard To Find Ahead Of Holidays
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 23, 2021. On todays show, the COVID test supply is strained by the holidays, new research measures the salinization of Lake Michigan, and we request police records, look at Wisconsin roads, and learn about the dazzling glow of ever-gleams.
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Dec 22, 2021
Madison Recycler Must Pay 90K For Hazardous Waste Violations
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 22, 2021. On todays show, a local lightbulb recycler is ordered to pay fines for violating hazardous waste regulations, a local Christmas tree farmer tells us about the industry, we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, and Madison in the Sixties travels back to December 1967.
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Dec 21, 2021
UW Health Nurses Continue to Fight for Union
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 21, 2021. On todays show, nurses at U-W Health continue their fight to unionize, we take a look at Dane County's Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan, and in the second half, the Daily Cardinal reviews the U-W’s year, we visit critters currently at the Dane County Humane Society, and venture into orbit with a brand new satellite.
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Dec 20, 2021
Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Bill To Create Wisconsin Climate Corps
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 20, 2021. On todays show, the spring wolf hunt hits a snag, a state bill would create a youth conservation corps, we get an update on a former friary being converted to a lakeside park, and a Gen-Z conspiracy theory turns out to be satire, we get the week ahead in local government, and we review two new movies.
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Dec 15, 2021
Paisans Building on West Wilson Closed Due to Safety Concerns for Second Time.
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 15, 2021. On today's show, Paisans Restaurant is forced to close once again, Native American voters look to minimize challenges to their ballots, and a look at the hazardous waste industry. And in the second half of the show, how we clean up waste after natural disasters, journey back 1960s women's liberation, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Dec 14, 2021
Madison School Board Considers More Sick Leave for Staff with COVID
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 14, 2021. On todays show, school staff in Madison are getting additional pandemic support, the U-S Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to the governor’s media practices, Madison mourns the passing of L-G-B-T-Q civil rights pioneer Dick Wagner…,and in the second half of the show, W-O-R-T visits a popular social media destination for UW students, goes bird-watching with solar panels, and roams the surface of Mars.
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Dec 13, 2021
Madison Children’s Museum Hosts Vaccination Clinic
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 13, 2021. On todays show, families get vaxxed at the Madison Children’s Museum, a local proposal aims to reduce opioid deaths, we get an update on efforts to combat housing insecurity at Dairy Drive, and we review two new movies, look at gap years over the generations, and take a look back at labor history.
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Dec 9, 2021
New Traffic Crash Report Show Total Crashes Down, but Fatal Crashes Up in 2020
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 9, 2021. On today's show, a look at some new traffic crash numbers, new technology to help police communicate with the community, and in the second half, Lee Enterprises resists a takeover, open records requests with redistricting, and a trip to the Chazen art museum.
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Dec 8, 2021
Bill could standardize rates for prison & jail phone calls
On the WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 8, 2021:
* We speak with longtime state Senator Jon Erpenbach, who announced he will not be running for re-election next year;
* A bill unveiled today would standardize phone call rates for people incarcerated in Wisconsin jails and prisons;
* Artful Encounters speaks with sound artist Nick Hwang;
* Rob gives us the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves;
* and Madison in the Sixties recaps the tragic death of Otis Redding in Madison.
All that, and more, in tonight's news. Please excuse any anomalies in today's podcast as we reckon with our prone-to-fail archive system.
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Dec 8, 2021
Gableman calls for arrest of Madison mayor
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 7, 2021. On today's show, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice calls for the jailing of Madison’s mayor, local food pantries are reminding the community that extra help is needed this time of year, the city prepares for the Reindahl Park eviction process, and in the second half of the show, we consider the Badgers football season, spend winter with Wisconsin’s state bird, and visit a galactic neighbor.
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Dec 6, 2021
Mary Jo Walters And Shepherd Janeway Compete For Seat On MMSD School Board
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 6, 2021. On today's show, we travel to Reindahl Park to get an update, as the window for campers to move out draws to a close, the race for a Madison school board seat lights up online, and we take a look at Wisconsin’s abortion laws, look at the generational shift from mixtapes to playlists, and review two new movies.
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Dec 2, 2021
Bill aims to strip parental rights from incarcerated parents
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 2, 2021. On today's show, a bill in the state legislature could remove parental protections for those who are incarcerated, Isthmus on WORT talks a local murder-for-hire scheme, New Domains talks feline photography, and look at an iconic historic Christmas tree.
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Dec 1, 2021
Wisconsin Inches Forward Towards PFAS Standards
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 1, 2021. On today's show, new regulations for PFAS in water inch forward, we unravel some of the state’s redistricting news we look at the difficulties of remediating other environmental chemicals - including in Madison, and, we head back to Madison in the Sixties and get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.
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Nov 30, 2021
State Lawmakers Propose Gun Laws A Week After Rittenhouse Trial
This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 30, 2021, On today's show, legislators introduce a pile of gun safety proposals in the statehouse Madison Public Library is hosting a scavenger hunt in city parks, and in the second half of the show, we consider a crowded U-W campus, take flight with Northern Goshawks and visit binary star systems.
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Nov 29, 2021
Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, November 29, 2021. On today's show, we remember a famed UW-Madison alum, we get the story on a controversy at Devil’s Lake State Park, we learn about an effort to mitigate contaminated soil using, of all things, mushrooms, and in the second half, Forward Lookout brings us the week ahead in local government, Bridging the Gap looks at the struggle of music rights through generations, and we review two new movies.
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Nov 24, 2021
No Thanksgiving Without Immigrants
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, November 24, 2021. On todays episode, immigration activists hold an action outside Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office, state lawmakers propose more protections for renters, more legislation seeks to reduce medication mishaps and mix-ups, and we get more on energy news, travel back to the 1960’s, and get the latest weather report.
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Nov 23, 2021
Madison Plan Commission cuts red tape for “granny flats”
Here is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 23, 2021. On today's show, a proposal could add flexibility to building small-dwelling units in Madison, new roadway projects are getting funded thanks to a little something called the MPO, And in the second half of the show, we learn about student housing issues at the U-W, a growing deer population and an astronomical survey.
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Nov 22, 2021
Transgender Day of Remembrance
This is your WORT Local News for Monday, November 22, 2021. On today's show, the psychological impact of the Rittenhouse verdict, Trans Day of Remembrance at the Wisconsin Capital, and an interview with Professor Ron Sullivan on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. And in the second half of the show, Forward Lookout looks at this week’s local government meetings, Harry Richardson takes us to the 1919 “Red Summer”, Teresa Yen teaches us about TikTok, plus your weekly movie reviews.
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Nov 18, 2021
Governor Evers formally vetoed G-O-P drawn redistricting proposals
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, November 18, 2021. On todays show, Tony Evers vetoes G-O-P redistricting maps, regulating nitrates in groundwater gets stalled, new legislation would remove felony charges for possession of marijuana, and in the second half of the show, Isthmus on WORT talks the wolf hunt, New Domains looks at gun sales on the internet, and Radio Chipstone returns to Indigenous textiles.
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Nov 17, 2021
Parisi signs 2022 budget, allows $10 million for new Crisis Triage Center
This is you WORT Local News for Wednesday, November 17, 2021. On today's show, a breakdown of the 20-22 Dane County Budget, and deer contracting COVID before the 20-22 hunting season. And in the second half of the show, Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli discusses the Artful Women art show, Stu Levitan takes a trip to the 19-60’s and your weather forecast.
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Nov 16, 2021
New Student led food pantry opens at Madison East High School
This is you WORT Local news for Tuesday, November 16, 2021. On today's show, high school students launch a community food pantry, the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is deliberating, and in the second half of the show, we learn about U-W Madison’s vaccine requirements for employees, what to do when a wild animal bites, and voyage to a jellyfish-type galaxy.
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Nov 15, 2021
Madison Common Council Passes 2022 Budget, Giving More Funding To The Newly Founded CARES Program
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 15th, 2021! On today's show, a final breakdown of last week’s budget deliberations, we take a look at a new bill expanding broadband internet access, and a look at the C-O-P 26 conference in Glasgow. And in the second half, we look at the Women’s Pentagon Action of 19-80, learn all about finstas, and hear about the latest movies to hit theaters.
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Nov 12, 2021
BRT Amendment Narrowly Fails City Council
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, November 11...
* We recap the second night of Madison budget deliberations—including a narrow failed amendment surrounding Bus Rapid Transit,
* We take a look at plans for a new landfill,
* And we dive into open records laws, crack open the latest edition of Isthmus newspaper, and explore Indigenous Textiles of the Americas during Native November.
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Nov 10, 2021
About that East High news... (plus the city budget, and Ron Johnson protest)
Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 10, 2021:
* We get an update on the City of Madison's budget during ongoing deliberations,
* Demonstrators hold a protest at the office of Senator Ron Johnson,
* We speak to a local education reporter about ongoing turbulence at East High School,
* And we get a weather forecast and jump back in time to November of 1966.
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Nov 9, 2021
Madison Alders Warns That UW Health Has Launched An Anti-Union Campaign Against Nurses.
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday November 9th, 2021.Two Madison alders condemn UW Health’s stance toward a unionization campaign, COVID-19 vaccines are now available for most school-aged children, and in the second half, we examine voter turnout among U-W students, learn about reptile regulations and feel the gravitational pull of black holes.All these stories - and more - on tonight’s news.
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Nov 8, 2021
A Transportation-Funding Themed Episode!
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 8th:
* Bus rapid transit funding could hit a potential snag during budget week;
* A new report finds that local governments, faced with few other revenue options, maintained a trend of raising wheel taxes by just over 12 percent last year;
* UW-Madison raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation on Friday;
* Plus, we dive into Madison lakes (metaphorically), recall the success of the Hormel sitdown strike of 1933, and review two new movies.
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Nov 4, 2021
Protesters Push For Federal Immigration Reform
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, November 4th, 2021: Immigrants’ Rights activists demand action from federal Democrats, a team of divers extracts a 1,200-year-old canoe from Lake Mendota and in the second half we’ve got even more sunken ships and Radio Chipstone considers the artistry of lace.
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Nov 2, 2021
Indigenous Group Calls For Investigation Into Abuse At Residential Schools
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021: The People’s Maps Commission releases its final redistricting recommendations, Menominee tribal members call for a new state investigation into Native residential schools, state lawmakers propose a plan to increase use of home solar panel and in the second half, we explore affordable housing for college students, consider condor genetics and learn how to make our very own moon.
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Nov 1, 2021
Capitol residence board gives final approval to Vel Phillips statue
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 1st, 2021: The state’s top election official pushes back on calls for her resignation, a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol grounds gets final approval and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and examine long-term solutions to PFAS contamination.
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Oct 28, 2021
Wisconsin’s Volunteer Emergency Services Face Staffing Shortages, Increasing Call Volumes
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, October 28th, 2021: State lawmakers weigh public input on Wisconsin’s redistricting process, Madison East High School’s Principal gets transferred, rural fire departments are facing staffing shortages and in the second half, we discuss online misinformation, open government issues and the deeper meaning of pants.
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Oct 26, 2021
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse begins next week
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 26th, 2021: Protesters push for immigration reform, the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is set to begin next week and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, wild critters prepare for winter and go on an inter-galactic hunt for exoplanets.
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Oct 25, 2021
Senate passes bill allowing dogs in some re-TAIL-ers
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 25th, 2021: Despite setbacks, a south Madison development pushes forward, state lawmakers vote to expand work hours for teens, Senate Republicans launch their own investigation into the November 2020 election and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, revisit Madison’s 2022 budget and remember the life of the actress Ruby Dee.
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Oct 20, 2021
State senate passes Republican-authored abortion bills
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 20th, 2021: State lawmakers pass several Republican-backed abortion bills, we preview the Wisconsin Science Festival, and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and remember the Battle of Dow.
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Oct 19, 2021
On Call With Madison’s Crisis Response Team
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 19th, 2021: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is being sued to release election probe records, we check in with Madison's new crisis response team and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W, recognize the work of local wildlife veterinary technicians and visit distant triple star systems.
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Oct 19, 2021
Dane County approves new voting maps
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 18th, 2021: A coalition of multi-faith organizations sound off on climate change, Dane County adopts a tentative redistricting plan, we take a deep dive into a mysterious organization influencing Wisconsin’s fall wolf hunt and in the second half, we look back on twenty years of Madison’s social justice center and we speak with the winners of this year’s Forward Art Prize.
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Oct 13, 2021
Ted Nugent backs Republican-authored hunting bills
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 13th, 2021: East High School students stage a walk-out over an alleged sexual assault, Ted Nugent pays a visit to the state capitol, a new podcast tackles the past and present of redistricting in Wisconsin and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from October 1966.
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Oct 13, 2021
Madison Public Library’s ‘Storyteller-In-Residence’ Project Aims To Uplift Ho-Chunk Stories, History
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 12th, 2021: State lawmakers float legislation to address catalytic converter thefts and a package of bills to address racial inequities among pregnant women and newborns, the Madison Public Library welcomes a new storyteller-in-residence and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W, take flight with kestrels and check out fluffy galaxies.
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Oct 11, 2021
Community Celebrates As SSM Reverses Decision To End Midwifery Program
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 11th, 2021: After swift community pushback, St. Mary’s midwifery program will continue, Governor Tony Evers backs federal investigations into tribal boarding schools, A Milwaukee-based advocacy group organizes a Day Without Immigrants protest and in the second half we remember the life and work of civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory and review two new movies.
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Oct 6, 2021
'A Strip Mall in Brookfield'
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 6th, 2021: Madison’s leaders approve a new temporary homeless shelter, SSM Health backtracks on plans to eliminate its midwife program, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway gets subpoenaed and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from October 1961.
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Oct 5, 2021
Wisconsin DNR Rejects Natural Resources Board’s 300 Wolf Quota
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 5th, 2021: Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway releases her 2022 operating budget, improperly recycled batteries are causing city vehicles to catch fire, the Wisconsin DNR takes an unprecedented move ahead of this fall’s wolf hunt and in the second half, we learn the latest from the UW, recycle old jack-o-lanterns, and ponder the vastness of the universe.
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Oct 4, 2021
City Redistricting Committee Backs Map Preserving Student District
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 4th, 2021: We recap the latest redistricting news, environmental groups are raising concerns about a proposed natural-gas plant we talk about what it takes to cover the obituary beat and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and review two new movies.
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Oct 1, 2021
Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit Project Moves Forward
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 30th, 2021: Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit project rolls forward, Wisconsinites are struggling with the cost of prescription drugs, A Dane County supervisor floats a resolution asking the federal government to end qualified immunity and in the second half, we take a closer look at redistricting, get an open government masterclass and explore personal histories through quilting.
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Sep 29, 2021
New Fitchburg Police Chief Has History Of cooperating With ICE
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021: Fitchburg has a new top cop, Legislative Republicans approve new abortion laws, while legislative Democrats float a proposal to fund Wisconsin’s higher education organizations and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air, and the headlines from September 1968.
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Sep 28, 2021
State Senate Approves 39 Gubernatorial Appointees
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 28th, 2021: The World Dairy Expo returns to the Alliant Energy Center, Madison’s school board approves a staff vaccine mandate The state Senate confirms dozens of the governor’s political appointees and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, follow migratory birds and visit distant reaches of the Milky Way.
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Sep 28, 2021
Wisconsin's Redistricting Battle Heats Up
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 27th, 2021: Dane County moves forward on new mental health projects, We check in on Wisconsin’s redistricting battles, Examine how over-policing in schools is impacting Wisconsin’s Black students and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the Los Angeles Times Bombing of 1910 and review two new films
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Sep 23, 2021
School funding takes center stage in Jill Underly’s State of Education address
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 23rd, 2021: We recap State Superintendent Jill Underly’s State of Education address, unpack how Dane County is approaching affordable housing in a pandemic economy and in the second half, Radio Chipstone remembers the life and work of a local Blacksmith
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Sep 22, 2021
Madison alder introduces proposal to ban cat declawing
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021: A city leader raises concerns over redistricting efforts, Madison’s common council approves pay raises for some city staff, we examine a proposal to ban cat declawing in Madison and in the second half, we visit a local landfill and remember and revisit the time Muhammad Ali came to town on Madison in the Sixties
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Sep 21, 2021
'This is a test for our Democracy'
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 21st, 2021: Madison’s school board considers new student surveillance policies, Hans Christian Heg returns to the Capitol Square, Local election officials are caught in a tug-of-war between legislative Republicans and in the second half of the show, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, avoid bird-vehicle collisions and get a brief history of astronomy.
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Sep 20, 2021
Legal challenge could limit DNR's authority to hold polluters accountable
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 20th, 2021: Local leaders face a tight timeline for redistricting, two cities prepare to absorb the Town of Madison, a lawsuit threatens the DNR’s authority to control pollution and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the life of Upton Sinclair and review two new movies.
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Sep 16, 2021
Legislative Republicans Float Bill To Limit Gender Identity Education
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 16th, 2021: Legislative Republicans float a bill to limit gender identity lessons in schools, Isthmus on WORT delves into the depths of Wisconsin’s material history and in the second half, Transparency Talk teaches us how to get records from the police and Radio Chipstone goes to Object Study Heaven.
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Sep 15, 2021
Dane County's budget process, explained
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 15th, 2021: Lawmakers debate transparency in public school spending, we take a close look at Dane County’s upcoming budget negotiations, District Attorney seats across Wisconsin go uncontested and in the second half, we get the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from September 1961
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Sep 13, 2021
Downtown Madison Building Evacuated Amid Structural Concerns
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 13th, 2021: Madison city staff are asking residents with disabilities to offer input on new projects, Republican-led investigations into the November election push forward, a building in downtown Madison is evacuated amid structural concerns and in the second half, we remember the life and tragic murder of union organizer and singer/songwriter Ella May Wiggins.
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Sep 9, 2021
Students with developmental disabilities face a difficult fall semester
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 9th, 2021: As Madison’s students return to class, some face a difficult semester, Isthmus on WORT tackles the parking “ramps” versus parking “garages” debate and in the second half, we discuss land art, the true value of knick-knacks and learn about a local non-profit organization.
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Sep 8, 2021
Wisconsin’s Alcohol Tax Revenues Spiked During Pandemic
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 8th, 2021: Local library hours are - mostly - back to normal, alcohol taxes surged during the pandemic, suggesting that consumption also increased, Use of an HIV prevention drug in Wisconsin lags behind the nation And Downtown Abbey explains local redistricting and union efforts, we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, and Madison in the Sixties reflects on somewhat disturbing historical panty raids.
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Sep 7, 2021
Madison's Independent Police Monitor expected to be announced mid-October
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, Spetember 7th, 2021: The selection process for Madison’s independent police monitor narrows, A new report details how the pandemic affected Wisconsin workers, Cheaper electricity bills may be on the horizon for some Madisonians and in the second half, we learn the latest from UW-Madison, bone up on wildlife rehabilitation and visit the heart of an exploding star.
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Sep 2, 2021
A Brief History of Shrekfest
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 2nd, 2021: Madison’s students head back to class, UW-Health nurses work to reestablish their union, Transparency Talk gives us an open government master class and in the second half Radio Chipstone looks at the history of fake medicine and New Domains goes to Shrekfest.
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Sep 1, 2021
Wisconsin Gets An ‘F’ For Its Handling Of COVID-19 In Prisons
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 1st, 2021: Madison’s Common Council greenlights a new home for Capital High, environmental groups sue to stop the state’s wolf hunt, Wisconsin receives an “F” for its handling of COVID-19 in prisons and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and revisit the labor strikes of yesteryear on Madison in the Sixties.
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Aug 31, 2021
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway On The City’s 2022 Capital Budget
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, August 31st, 2021: Madison’s school board endorses a vaccine mandate for district staff, we talk with Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway about the city’s 2022 budget and in the second half, we recognize international overdose awareness day, learn about animal diets and study cosmic dust.
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Aug 30, 2021
Unpacking the legal battle over the U.S. Postal Service's new delivery fleet
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, August 30th, 2021: A grassroots study measures air pollution on Madison’s east side, we get the latest on a disputed contract to build new vehicles for the US postal services and the performing arts community scrambles to adjust to new mask orders,
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Aug 25, 2021
Colectivo Bargaining: Colectivo Coffee Workers Enter Final Phase Of Unionizing
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, August 25th, 2021: Colectivo workers are in the final steps of unionizing, a new bill aims to protect breastfeeding parents, UW-Madison dips its toes into some psychedelic research and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and head back to school on Madison in the Sixties.
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Aug 24, 2021
Madisonians protest Enbridge's Line 3 project
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, August 24th, 2021: Madisonians protest Enbridge’s line three pipeline, much ado about amplified noise, we examine the impact of a program aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic and in the second half, we’ve got updates from the UW-Madison campus, blue jays, and a slight malfunction in the Milky Way galaxy.
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Aug 23, 2021
‘The Bullets Are Still In Him’
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, August 23rd, 2021: Elementary and middle schoolers gear up for back to school - by sewing their own masks, we get more on an initiative to mitigate regional flooding and look ahead at the week in local government and we remember the one-year anniversary of the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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Aug 19, 2021
Dane County's mask mandate faces legal challenge
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, August 19th, 2021: Dane County’s new mask mandate faces a legal challenge, new details emerge in the investigation of a former Madison teacher charged with secretly videotaping students and in the second half, we look at local refugee resettlement efforts, get a master class in open government and go antique shopping.
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Aug 18, 2021
Developer Proposes New Project For Former Site Of SASYl Stop-N-Go
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, August 18th, 2021: A developer floats a new project in Madison’s SASY neighborhood, one of Madison affordable housing communities breaks ground on a new redevelopment, we take a closer look at police funding trends in Wisconsin and in the second half, we get the headlines from August 1969.
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Aug 17, 2021
Dane County issues new indoor mask mandate
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, August 17th, 2021: Madison’s plan to transition to a cashless bus fare system hits a speed bump, Wisconsin nursing homes weigh requiring COVID vaccines for employees, Public Health Madison Dane County issues a new mask mandate and in the second half, we head outdoors with Madison’s Lussier Center, explain what it takes to rehab wildlife and surf some cosmic waves.
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Aug 13, 2021
Report: Sen. Ron Johnson pushed for major tax breaks for big donors
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, August 12th, 2021: The Delta variant continues to surge in Wisconsin, census returns ‘ring’ the starting bell for redistricting in Wisconsin, a new report details Ron Johnson’s plan to kick back millions in tax benefits to his major donors and in the second half, we talk Bus Rapid Transit and dirty laundry.
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Aug 11, 2021
State Lawmakers Debate Critical Race Theory
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, August 11th, 2021: State lawmakers debate critical race theory, Legislative Democrats renew their push to legalize weed, we take a look at the contenders to be Fitchburg’s next top cop and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air, and the headlines from August 1967.
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Aug 10, 2021
Dane County Humane Society Faces Surplus Of Cats, Fewer Adoptions
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, August 10th, 2021: A new building material could dramatically alter Madison’s skyline, Governor Evers vetoes a slew of voting restriction bills, The Dane County Humane Society has an extra-large surplus of cats and in the second half, we share the latest from UW-Madison, survey bird digestion and introduce a cosmic survey project two decades in the making.
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Aug 9, 2021
New law seeks to protect Wisconsin's wetlands
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, August 9th, 2021: Speed limits have been lowered in two Madison neighborhoods, we examine a new law aimed at supporting wetland restoration projects, the National Weather Service rolls out a new emergency alert system and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and learn about the art of repairing timepieces.
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Aug 5, 2021
MC Audio says goodbye
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, August 5th, 2021: We check in on PFAS clean-up efforts at the Dane County airport, a Madison music institution says goodbye, activists push back against two natural gas storage facilities in south-east Wisconsin and in the second half, New Domains hits the streets to catch Pokémon, Transparency Talk tackles open government issues and Radio Chipstone examines the intersection of masks and culture.
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Aug 4, 2021
New report details racial disparities in income for Madison's musicians
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, August 4th, 2021: A federal eviction moratorium is back in place for Dane County, a new report details racial income inequalities among Madison’s music community and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the weather forecast for the days ahead and the headlines from August 1969.
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Aug 3, 2021
State Democrats Announce Campaign Finance Reform Package
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, August 4th, 2021: Vaccines will be mandatory for all county and city employees, State lawmakers move to increase campaign finance transparency, a new prison policy could adversely impact Wisconsin’s incarcerated folks and in the second half, we talk about what to feed your local birds and unorthodox stars.
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Aug 2, 2021
State lawmakers weigh ban on pelvic exams for anaesthetized, unconsenting patients
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, August 2nd, 2021: Madison’s schools are facing a bus driver shortage, protesters rally to demand safer streets, we revisit a proposed bill that seeks to bar pelvic exams on unconsenting patients and in the second half, we talk city planning and gentrification, the Past Isn’t Past remembers an iconic labor leader, and we check out two new movies.
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Jul 29, 2021
Moving this August? Here's what you need to know
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 29th, 2021: State lawmakers weigh a bill banning pelvic exams on unconsenting, unconscious patients, we examine the environmental impact of the August moving season and in the second half, we discuss Wisconsin’s natural carbon sinks and the cultural value of masks
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Jul 27, 2021
You can’t always get what you want: special legislative session ends in stalemate
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 27th, 2021: A historic south Madison bar avoids demolition, Wisconsin’s political stalemate holds in yet another extraordinary and special legislative session, WORT analyzes impacts of enhanced federal unemployment benefits and in the second half, we’ll have the latest from the U-W campus, check out molting cardinals and take another visit to the Hubble telescope.
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Jul 26, 2021
Madison plans for new well to detect drinking water contamination
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, July 26th, 2021: City leaders weigh a change to permitted building heights, Wisconsin’s farmers of color find themselves locked out of federal aid, a new well on Madison’s east side may help prevent drinking water contamination and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, profile an iconic tribal rights activist and review two new movies.
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Jul 23, 2021
"Who wants to live in a building that kills birds?”
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 22nd, 2021: Madison’s birds face a legal challenge, Transparency Talk examines state lawmakers’ attempts to conceal public records, New Domains talks podcast preservation and Radio Chipstone goes ice sailing on Lake Mendota.
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Jul 21, 2021
City leaders shoot down proposal to preserve view from historic building
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, July 21st, 2021: City leaders consider preserving the view from a historic home, state officials weigh the future of hemp farming in Wisconsin, we examine how wildfires out west are impacting the midwest and in the second half we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from July 1964.
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Jul 20, 2021
Community members rally to prevent demolition of historic bar
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 20th, 2021: the Wisconsin DOJ continues its investigation into clergy abuse, community members rally to save Madison’s Wonder Bar and in the second half, we stop by a Janesville candy shop, spot swallows and go on a search for extraterrestrial life.
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Jul 19, 2021
Federal Court Ruling Leaves DACA Applicants In Uneasy Limbo
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, July 19th, 2021: Madisonians protest Enbridge’s oil pipelines, the state assembly moves to conceal lawmakers’ public records, Wisconsinites struggle to access federal funeral aid and in the second half, we examine the political ideology of Henry David Thoreau, a challenge to the federal DACA program and review two new movies.
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Jul 15, 2021
Proposed bill seeks to address PFAS contamination, while protecting polluters
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 15th, 2021: City leaders unveil further details about a new food cart program, the fight over PFAS in Wisconsin’s waterways continues, federal Child Tax Credits start hitting Wisconsinites’ bank accounts today and in the back half, we get a public records masterclass and Radio Chipstone goes Pokemon hunting.
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Jul 14, 2021
A basic primer on the delta coronavirus variant
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, July 14th, 2021: A proposal for a new statue on the state capitol grounds moves forward, Governor Evers addresses the worker shortage, a public health expert explains what we need to know about the Delta coronavirus variant and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from July 1961.
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Jul 13, 2021
Republican state lawmakers float "Tech Accountability Bill"
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 13th, 2021: Madison ends its food waste recycling program, advocates push for new arrest and charging standards for 17-year-olds, Republican lawmakers target big tech companies and in the second half, we learn the latest from the UW campus, diagnose a mysterious bird disease and investigate a telescope malfunction.
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Jul 12, 2021
As It Rolls Through The Midwest, The Bus-Eum Teaches Important History Lessons
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, July 12th, 2021: Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit program moves forward, we take a look at the Madison Public Library’s Bubbler program and tour a museum on wheels.
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Jul 8, 2021
Governor Evers Signs 2021-2023 State Budget
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 8th, 2021: Governor Evers approves Wisconsin’s biennial budget, local leaders again take up police body cameras, Wisconsin’s supreme court restores regulatory powers to the DNR and in the second half, we talk about traditional Japanese printmaking and get a master class in open government.
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Jul 7, 2021
Wauwatosa police secretly monitored protesters, politicians and others critical of police violence
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, July 7th, 2021: The Madison Common Council temporarily rebuffs an effort to shut down a campsite at Reindahl Park, Dane County seeks your input on redistricting, we examine the efforts by Wauwatosa police to track protesters and we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and examine local government and civil rights in the second half of the show.
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Jul 7, 2021
Checking in on the Enbridge Line 3 Protests
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, July 6th, 2021: Cottage Grove embarks in search of a new library, The governor defends signing opioid settlement legislation, Wort checks out a friendly auto shop on Madison’s north side and in the second half of the show, we follow Enbridge pipeline protests, keep track of house wrens and tune into cosmic static.
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Jul 6, 2021
Alders weigh clearing Reindahl Park encampment
Here's your WORT local news for Monday, July 5: The Madison city council is poised to again consider homeless encampments at Reindahl Park; residents and officials search for solutions amid a spate of traffic deaths on East Washington Avenue; we preview a busy week ahead in local politics with Forward; and our Monday Movie review features werewolves and soul music — all you need to start your week off right.
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Jul 1, 2021
The State of the State (Budget)
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 1: We break down the state budget that has landed on Governor Evers’ desk, and how it got there. What to know about this month’s Dane County Board special election. How clothing can be an armor and a tool for Black gay men and others entering unfamiliar space. Take a walk through an Edgerton-area antique store a generation in the making
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Jun 30, 2021
"They changed the law after getting caught breaking it"
Here's your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 30th. It was a flurry of activity at the state Capitol, as the budget wraps up in the state legislature. Plus, many more bills are passed, and a Milwaukee social justice group says recent police reform proposals aren't enough.
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Jun 29, 2021
City Of Madison resumes goose management strategies
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 29th, 2021: Madison resumes controversial geese management strategies, state officials issue water safety warnings for the July 4th weekend, debate continues over Wisconsin’s federal pandemic aid and in the second half, we learn what’s happening at UW-Madison, raise baby sandhill cranes and discover supernovas.
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Jun 28, 2021
Recapping Wisconsin's annual GOP Convention
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 28th, 2021: Protesters march for citizenship and drivers’ licenses, The city of Madison releases its annual water quality report, internal and external political forces engulf a GOP state convention and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the railroad strike of 1922 and check out two new movies.
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Jun 24, 2021
Jailed Wisconsinites Face Numerous Hurdles When Voting
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 24th, 2021: Devil’s Lake State Park gets a bit bigger, lawmakers look to protect the state’s bees, a new report details barriers to voting for incarcerated folks and in the second half, we revisit the conundrum of broadband expansion, get a master class in open government and tour the Madison of yesteryear.
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Jun 23, 2021
State Senate passes new beaver, muskrat management policies
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021: The city of Stoughton works to replace lead pipelines, the Wisconsin Senate passes new beaver management policies, we “shore up” our Lake Michigan history, and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from June 1966.
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Jun 22, 2021
Madison weighs federal relief aid priorities
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021: Madison weighs federal relief aid priorities, A tornado siren mistakenly sounds off, the road to post-pandemic financial recovery for Wisconsin’s families is just getting started and in the second half, we profile a local non-profit, talk about bird feed and investigate a cosmic mystery.
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Jun 21, 2021
Madison Celebrates Juneteenth
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 21st, 2021: We take a look back at Saturday’s Juneteenth festivities, celebrate local Madison musicians, tour the city’s new fleet services facility, and in the second, we get the week ahead in local government and look back on the history of Title Nine.
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Jun 17, 2021
New Legislation Seeks To Track Unregistered 'Ghost Guns'
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 17th, 2021: State Democrats make another play to increase the minimum wage, the state’s LGBT Caucus floats new priorities and proposals, lawmakers propose new gun control measures and in the second half, we talk about Isthmus' return to print, the meaning of fatherhood and metallurgy.
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Jun 17, 2021
State assembly passes transgender sports bills
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 17th, 2021: The Wisconsin state assembly approves controversial student athletics legislation, Madison’s leaders take steps on a new police monitor, we speak with an organizer behind an effort to get period products into school bathrooms and in the second half, we get the latest in local government, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from the 1960s
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Jun 15, 2021
Eight-Way Contest Unfolds In Assembly District Primary
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 15th, 2021: A summer skateboarding program offers a space for self-expression, Madison is set to establish more bike paths, a special election in the Assembly draws a crowded field of candidates and in the second half, we get the latest news from UW-Madison, listen to chipping sparrows and tune into celestial radio.
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Jun 14, 2021
Madison's Crisis Response Team pushes forward
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 14th, 2021: Wisconsin’s supreme court weighs in on local public health measures, a new player enters the legal battle over PFAS contamination, Madison’s Crisis Response Team moves forward and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, take another look at gerrymandering and remember the peasant’s revolt of 1381.
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Jun 10, 2021
As Drought Conditions Continue, Southern Wisconsin Farmers Face Uncertain Financial Future
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 10th, 2021: The Dane County airport pushes ahead with a multi-million dollar expansion, state lawmakers consider new gun legislation, southern Wisconsin’s drought continues and in the second half, we talk Twitch streamers, open government, and guitar-making.
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Jun 9, 2021
Finance Committee Continues Hashing Out State Budget
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, June 9th, 2021: It was a packed day in the legislature as lawmakers considered new voting laws, a four and a half billion dollar infusion for the state’s coffers, and a new bill to help disabled Wisconsinites afford medical costs. And stay tuned for the second half when we talk local government news, get the week’s weather forecast and look at the news from June, 1969.
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Jun 8, 2021
Republican State Lawmaker Targets Central Wisconsin Children's Museum
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 8th, 2021: Wisconsin gets an unexpected financial windfall, a Republican lawmaker targets a Stevens Point non-profit, Wisconsin’s prisons are poised to resume in-person visitation and in the second half, WORT dives into Madison’s housing crisis, contrasts ravens and crows and visits super-dense stars.
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Jun 7, 2021
Governor Tony Evers Announces Re-Election Bid
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, June 7th, 2021: We check in with Madison’s restaurant scene, Governor Tony Evers announces his re-election bid, state lawmakers debate local redistricting and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, remember the life of Suffragette Jeannette Rankin and Desire Lines tells us a story of seven mothers.
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Jun 3, 2021
City Of Madison Prepares To Absorb Town Of Madison
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, June 3rd, 2021: Critical race theory enters the Wisconsin legislature, some local residents plan to be annexed, workers at Meriter Hospital advocate for better working conditions and in the second half, a UW-Madison group preserves Indigenous languages and Radio Chipstone visits a big cat sanctuary.
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Jun 1, 2021
Governor Evers Floats New Pride Proposals, Priorities
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, June 1st, 2021: Governor Evers announces new LGBTQ policies, Dane County moves to extend remote work for its employees, Madison considers changes to zoning policy and in the second half, we look at district attorney elections, fly-catching bird species and space lasers.
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May 27, 2021
The intersection of Pokémon and speculative investing
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, May 27th, 2021: Wisconsin’s lawmakers consider police reform legislation, Madison’s students rally to support LGBT youth, Transparency Talk gives us an open records master class and in the second half, New Domains examines the cross-section between the internet, speculative investing and pokemon cards.
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May 26, 2021
Protesters Rally Against Legislation Barring Transgender Students From Sports
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, May 26th, 2021: Lawmakers weigh legislation to bar trans girls from school sports, Madison continues to plan for a potentially dry summer season, the state’s budget committee is poised to consider school funding priorities and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and recount Bob Dylan’s 1961 visit to Madison.
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May 25, 2021
Republican lawmakers reject Badgercare expansion
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, May 25th, 2021: Republican state legislators shut down yet another special session, protesters demand the release of a man injured in the Dane County jail, a local non-profit helps people clear past court records to reduce digital stigma and in the second half of the show, we take a look at bills to limit participation by trans athletes in school sports, rescue baby
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May 24, 2021
"Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card"
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, May 24th, 2021: Madison’s libraries are open for browsing, City officials plan for a dry summer, we examine a recent debate over equity in Marathon County and in the second half, Desire Lines talks about historical archives, Forward Lookout gives us the week ahead in local government and The Past Isn’t Past examines the Disney animators strike of 1941.
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May 21, 2021
Live music coming to downtown streateries
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, May 20th, 2021: Funding for housing and homelessness solutions gets held up by the legislature, City leaders green light more amplified sound downtown this summer, Kindergarteners adorn a neighborhood with positive messages and we get an update on a Hammond organ, explore open records, and look at how internment during World War Two impacted Japanese cooking in America.
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May 19, 2021
Reindahl in limbo
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, May 19th, 2021: We travel to Reindahl and Starkweather Park - and get an update on temporary encampments for unhoused individuals, we learn about more moves taken in city government and we dust up our historical knowledge of Wisconsin - and celebrate Wisconsin Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month
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May 18, 2021
City Leaders Weigh Evicting Unhoused Residents From Reindahl Park
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, May 18th, 2021: Dane County is ending its mask mandate, Madison weighs a measure to allow unhoused residents to stay in Reindahl Park, Out-of-state companies are putting pressure on Wisconsin’s mobile home communities and in the second half, we talk trash pandas and cosmic movement on a microscopic scale.
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May 17, 2021
Democrats, Republicans Gear Up For Redistricting Brawls
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, May 17th, 2021: State lawmakers gear up for a redistricting battle, The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to Roe v. Wade, and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and check out some new movies from the Wisconsin Film Festival.
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May 13, 2021
State Committee Denies Funding Increase For Black Historical Society
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, May 13th, 2021: Republicans continue paring back the Governor’s budget, Two Madison neighborhoods will see lower speed limits and we talk open records, TikTok and Hammond organs.
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May 12, 2021
CDC Endorses Pfizer Vaccine For Teens And Tweens
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, May 12th, 2021: The Pfizer shot will soon be available to Wisconsin's tweens, we recap yesterday’s annual State of the Tribes address, a Madison musical institution faces dissolution and in the second half we get the week in local government news and the headlines from May 1966.
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May 11, 2021
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett discusses new role, future of Sheriff's Office
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, May 11th, 2021: Madison teachers protest provisions in their annual contracts, the state Senate considers police reform measures during a busy day, we get to know Dane County’s new sheriff, Kalvin Barrett and in the second half, we watch a youth football league, migrate north with birds and seek shelter from asteroids.
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May 10, 2021
"Save The Farm" pushes ahead with effort to purchase historic Voit Farm
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday May 10th, 2021: A local non-profit works to preserve a historic farm, UW Health nurses rallied at the capitol this weekend, A federal moratorium on evictions may be overturned -- we break down what you need to know and in the second half, we visit a local pet cemetery and remember the life of Helen Keller.
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May 6, 2021
Budgets, Wienermobiles and memes for milk-chugging teens
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, May 6th, 2021: A state committee shreds the Governor’s budget, residents continue to rally around a community fridge, community members raise concerns about repaving Gorham Street and in the second half we’ve got memes for milk-chugging teens and a multitude of Weiner Mobiles.
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May 5, 2021
Madison Council Narrowly Shoots Down Homeless Shelter
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021: Madison’s leaders shoot down a new homeless shelter, meanwhile, changes are coming to Occupy Madison’s tiny houses, State Republicans reject legalizing marijuana and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the news from May, 1969.
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May 4, 2021
City Works To Restore Gates Of Heaven Synagogue
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, May 4th, 2021: Madison is set to evict unhoused residents from Reindahl Park, we dive into Madison’s new plastic bag recycling policies, restoration of an historic downtown synagogue is underway and in the second half, we preview a new investigative reporting series, celebrate bird feet and visit some nearby non-planets.
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May 3, 2021
City Of Madison Raises $300,000 For Guaranteed Income Pilot
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, May 3rd, 2021: Madison’s Guaranteed Income Pilot gets a funding boost, we revisit recent climate policy proposals from a new angle and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and go mushroom hunting.
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Apr 29, 2021
New Legislation Would Require Lawmakers To Volunteer As Poll Workers
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 29th, 2021: Local public health officials issue new guidance, Democratic lawmakers try a new way to increase confidence in election integrity, we unpack President Biden’s American Families Plan and in the second half we get a master class in open government and explore pandemic fashion.
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Apr 28, 2021
Wisconsinites weigh in on the state’s biennial budget
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 28th, 2021: Wisconsinites weigh in on the state’s biennial budget, State and local governments issue new COVID-19 guidance and rare wood in Madison helps rebuild the US Capitol.
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Apr 27, 2021
U.S. Census Bureau Releases State Population Reports
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 27th, 2021: A Madison high school is criticized for its use of affinity spaces, Governor Evers signs a bipartisan bill to help first responders, Wisconsin will hang on to its 10 electoral votes and in the second half, we have the latest from the U-W, talk baby turtles and peer into a black hole.
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Apr 26, 2021
In Federal PRO Act, Labor Activists See Path To Ending Some Walker-Era Policies
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 26th, 2021: A new federal bill could overturn some Scott Walker-era Labor policies, we take a closer look at Wisconsin’s police use of force policies and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, review two new movies and take a look back at an Earth Day celebration last weekend.
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Apr 22, 2021
The Earth Day Special
Here's your WORT Local News for April 22nd, 2021: It's an Earth Day special! So we analyze Madison’s 2021 Recyclopedia, profile a statewide effort to track endangered butterflies, unpack Governor Evers’ initiative to plant 75 million trees and in the second half, we discuss indigneous conservationists and get a brief history of kites.
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Apr 21, 2021
State task force releases recommendations on police reform
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021: A state task force floats overhauls to police use of force policies, Madison’s leaders announce a new climate initiative, local property values rose last year and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the news from April 1960.
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Apr 20, 2021
“This Is Not The Change, This Is Only The Beginning:” Processing The Chauvin Conviction
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021: A jury convicted Derek Chauvin of murder, we examine the psychological impact of police violence, Madison’s new city council members get sworn in and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W, tackle a rabbit epidemic and fly a drone on Mars.
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Apr 20, 2021
City Floats Proposal To Drop Speed Limits In Two Neighborhoods
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 19th, 2021: Madison may slow your roll by reducing speed limits this summer, a Frank Lloyd Wright cultural center gets a boost, as the trial of Derek Chauvin enters its final stretch, we get the latest from Minneapolis and we look at the week in local government and consider the value of “opposite day” in the second half.
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Apr 15, 2021
Wisconsin DOJ Announces Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Initiative
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 15th, 2021: Wisconsin’s senate passes a batch of election legislation, Tax Day gets delayed, we check in on a new state effort to track sexual assault kits and in the second half, we’ve got twitter beefs, open records and art in a constant state of change.
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Apr 14, 2021
Dane County leaders weigh disavowing no-knock warrants
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021: County leaders weigh banning no-knock warrants, Madison’s mayor announces a sweeping housing plan, Wisconsin preserves seventy million dollars in federal food aid and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and Madison in the Sixties discusses racial discrimination in the city’s housing market.
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Apr 13, 2021
State, Local Health Departments Pause Rollout Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 13th, 2021: State lawmakers debate federal pandemic aid money, the UW asks legislators for funds to fix maintenance issues, public health agencies halt administration of the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine and in the second half, we’ve got the latest from the U-W campus, relocate birds nests, and explore the cosmos with artificial intelligence.
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Apr 12, 2021
Madison Shows Solidarity For Alabama Union Effort
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 12th, 2021: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court weighs new groundwater contamination policies, Madisonians rally in solidarity to support Amazon workers, Minnesote police shot and killed another man yesterday, prompting further protest in Minneapolis and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, a brief history of farmworkers’ attempts to unionize and experience the seven seasons of spring.
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Apr 8, 2021
City of Madison pushes to shut down community fridge
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 8th, 2021: As Wisconsin continues its vaccine rollout, we give you the latest updates, the city of Madison is pushing to shut down a community fridge, new building developments continue to change the face of downtown Madison and in the second half our new feature series New Domains examines Madison’s digital culture and Radio Chipstone explores the seven food groups of World War II.
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Apr 7, 2021
Lawmakers seek to enshrine colby as Wisconsin's official state cheese
Here's your WORT Local News for Wendesday, April 7th, 2021: We recap the results of yesterday’s election, State lawmakers push to make Colby Wisconsin’s official cheese and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and learn about Madison’s 1969 mayoral race.
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Apr 6, 2021
WORT Speaks with voters at the polls
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 6th, 2021: WORT speaks with voters at the polls, Madison stops recycling plastic bags, Republican state lawmakers continue investigating the November presidential election, and in the second half, we get the latest from the UW-Madison Campus, talk baby birds and explore our solar system’s ‘mini-moons.’
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Apr 5, 2021
Voting In Tomorrow’s Election? Here’s What To Know Before You Go
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, April 5th, 2021: With the spring election tomorrow, we give you a rundown of what to know before you go, The trial of Derek Chauvin enters week two, we examine threats to Madison’s bird population and in the second half we talk local government, disability rights and the lasting impact of poetry.
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Apr 1, 2021
Unpacking President Biden’s ‘American Jobs Plan’
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 1st, 2021: Governor Evers floats proposals to reduce gun violence, The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County gets a new home, President Joe Biden is proposing a new two trillion dollar infrastructure plan, and in the second half we talk funding in local politics, transparency in Wisconsin’s schools, and the artistry of children’s clothes.
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Mar 31, 2021
Madison Common Council Kicks Can Down The Road On New Homeless Shelter
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 31st, 2021: Wisconsin’s supreme court overturns the statewide mask mandate, Madison’s leaders punt on a vote for a new homeless shelter, we check in with a downtown business forced out by redevelopment and in the second half of the show we get the latest in local government news and the historic headlines from April, 1961
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Mar 30, 2021
Wisconsin To Extend Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults Starting Monday
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021: All Wisconsinites ages 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID vaccine come Monday, Governor Evers and Republican lawmakers tangle over federal pandemic aid, Dane County moves to renew a program helping the hungry and in the second half, we talk about a coffeehouse union drive, spring babies and cosmic magnets.
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Mar 29, 2021
Booze, bears and prescription drugs: Gov. Evers signs 14 bills into law
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 29th, 2021: Gov Evers signs fourteen new bills into law, we check in on the trial of Derek Chauvin , the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, as Wisconsin's rental aid distribution leaves undocumented residents in the lurch and in the second half, we examine the funny side of Wisconsin politics.
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Mar 25, 2021
Navigating The Vaccine Red Tape
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 25th, 2021: We navigate you through the red tape of vaccine distribution, Wisconsin’s libraries are recovering from the pandemic, we examine a new report on sexual assault in the National Guard and Radio Chipstone teaches us the art of metalworking.
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Mar 24, 2021
Madison's Finance Committee gives nod to crisis response team
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 24th, 2021: A Madison committee greenlights a new crisis response program, Wisconsin’s top Republican dismisses requests to address gun violence, local comedians recover after a year of quarantine and in the second half we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from March 1960.
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Mar 22, 2021
Meriter nurses get new contract, averting planned strike
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 22nd, 2021: Meriter nurses secure a new contract, Wisconsin is poised to resume utility cut-offs next month, local parents pressure Madison’s schools to open up about an internal investigation and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, commemorate the anniversary of the first meeting of Malcolm X and MLK and review two new movies.
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Mar 18, 2021
State building commission punts capital budget proposals
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 18th, 2021: A state commission tables the governor’s capital budget, the state assembly considers creating 'microschools,' Madison’s schools withhold information on a hidden camera incident and in the second half we talk public records during Sunshine Week and Radio Chipstone teaches us the true definition of thrifty.
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Mar 17, 2021
Climate change prolonging 'dead zones' in Lake Mendota
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 17th, 2021: The state assembly finds bipartisan support on bills, but divides on whether to honor Rush Limbaugh, more about those referendum-questions to appear on Madison ballots, climate change is accelerating oxygen-deprived dead zones in Lake Mendota and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and discuss some iconic female trailblazers on Madison in the Sixties.
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Mar 16, 2021
Lawmakers debate conversion therapy, PFAS regulations, genocide education
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 16th, 2021: Meriter nurses push forward with a potential strike, Wisconsin lawmakers debate conversion therapy and PFAS regulations, we examine a growing threat to Wisconsin’s lakes and rivers and in the second half, we learn the latest from the UW campus, save baby owls and explore exoplanets.
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Mar 16, 2021
Lawmakers Propose Raising Wisconsin’s Tipped Minimum Wage
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 15th, 2021: State lawmakers propose wage increases for tipped workers, we take a second look at the case of an arrested Iowa reporter and in the second half, we get the week in local government, examine the legacy of an iconic protest song and review two new movies.
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Mar 11, 2021
Madison committee recommends rejecting body cameras for police
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 11th, 2021: Madison’s students are heading back to classrooms, proposed state legislation would penalize communities that defund their police, a Madison city committee rejects police body cameras and in the second half we’ve got food waste, art and 19th century toys.
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Mar 10, 2021
Dane County moves to keep World Dairy Expo in Madison
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 10th, 2021: Local leaders announce new plans to reduce violence, Dane County moves to keep the World Dairy Expo in Madison, we examine a recent surge in arrests of American reporters covering protests and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and celebrate the life and work of Ruth Bachuber Doyle
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Mar 9, 2021
Madison's Kindergarteners return to classrooms
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 9th, 2021: Madison Kindergarteners returned to class today, Meriter Hospital nurses are weighing a ten-day strike and in the second half, we hear from a Supreme Court protest, learn the latest from the UW, care for endangered species and celebrate women in astronomy.
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Mar 8, 2021
Bipartisan Bill Proposes New Standards For Holocaust Education In Wisconsin's Schools
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 8th, 2021: Dane County approves more than $4.3 million dollars for affordable housing projects, The trial of the officer cahrged with killing George Floyd is underway, on the sixth anniversary of the death of Tony Robinson, protesters gathered downtown and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, discuss the legacy of an “Attorney for the Damned” and review two new films.
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Mar 5, 2021
Proposed Overhauls To Wisconsin’s Elections Part Of National Trend
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 4th, 2021: Local teachers protest plans to return to classrooms, a new legal challenge may spell disaster for Madison’s birds, as state lawmakers ponder new voting restrictions, we take a broader look at the issue and in the second half, we get a master class in open government, examine ‘ghost arrests’ in Wauwatosa and go on an inter-continental motorcycle trip.
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Mar 3, 2021
Madison teachers weigh in on plans to return to classrooms
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021: Madison’s teachers prepare to head back to classrooms, the Madison city council shelves a report on tear gas, state lawmakers float new guidelines for handling sexual assault cases and in the second half, we get the week in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from March 1961.
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Mar 3, 2021
Republican state lawmakers propose barring trans athletes in school sports
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021: State lawmakers float legislation to bar trans athletes in school sports, Madison considers a new way to dispose of food waste, Dane County DA Ishmael Ozanne faces pressure from protesters and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, provide homes to wild critters and explore a black hole cluster.
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Mar 1, 2021
In today's episode: Ice fishing and fish made of ice
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, March 1st, 2021: Madison’s ice fishers enjoy the last few days of winter weather, A local artist carves an ice fish to draw attention to mental health, State lawmakers approve pay raises for Wisconsin’s public defenders and in the second half, we examine the pandemic’s impacts on Wisconsin’s state parks and the legacy of the Freedman’s Bureau
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Feb 25, 2021
A brief history of Madison's punk rock scene
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 25th, 2021: Wisconsin’s beavers and muskrats may be facing a new challenge, Governor Tony Evers signs off on unemployment overhauls, a state task force on racial disparities faces a public reckoning and in the second half of the show, we’ve got Isthmus on WORT Snow Snaking and a brief history of Madison punk rock.
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Feb 24, 2021
Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Implement Ranked-Choice Voting In Wisconsin
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021: Plans to place a statue of Vel Phillips on the capitol ground push ahead, an east side convenience store has its alcohol license rejected...again, a new bipartisan bill seeks to overhaul Wisconsin’s elections and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from February 1960.
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Feb 24, 2021
‘It’s Voter Suppression:’ Lawmaker Floats Overhauls To Wisconsin’s Voting Rules
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021: A Wisconsin Republican is floating changes to state voter laws, partisan divisions bog down a state broadband proposal, State lawmakers overwhelmingly approve changes to Wisconsin’s unemployment system and in the second half of the show, we learn the latest news from the U-W, investigate an influx of possums and blast off into black holes.
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Feb 22, 2021
Climate change is pushing American infrastructure to its limits
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 22nd, 2021: The Wisconsin Historical Society pushes ahead with a new museum, A new initiative is placing easy-access overdose kits across Wisconsin, we take a closer look at last week’s power outages in Texas and in the second half, WORT talks local government, wolves and the iconic singer-songwriter Nina Simone.
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Feb 18, 2021
Six years later, community still seeks justice for Tony Robinson
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 18th 2021: A rental assistance program has launched for Dane County residents, Nearly six years since the police killing of Tony Robinson a new petition looks to reopen the case, lawmakers continue bickering over the state’s unemployment system and in the second half, WORT talks spring primaries, open government and flat track racing.
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Feb 17, 2021
Governor Evers releases full biennial budget
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 17th, 2021: We recap yesterday’s spring primary results, Joe Biden stopped in Milwaukee last night for a national address, Governor Tony Evers has released his full biennial budget and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1969.
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Feb 16, 2021
Republican lawmakers move to block vaccines to state’s prisoners
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 16th, 2021: State Republicans move to block COVID vaccines for prisoners, ore details on the MMSD plan to return students to in-person classes, We preview the governor’s budget address and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, get to know muskrats, and touch down on Mars.
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Feb 15, 2021
Act Ten, ten years later
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 15th, 2021: The DNR pushes ahead with wolf hunting, we take a look at Wisconsin’s superintendent race, a new report reveals stark racial disparities in court sentences and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and look back at the Act 10 protests.
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Feb 11, 2021
After Court Order, Wisconsin To Hold Wolf Hunts This Month
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 11th, 2021: Wisconsin’s tribal casino revenues dove sharply last year, A state task force pushes ahead with its goals - despite recent controversies, downtown redevelopment is pushing out local businesses and in the second half, WORT talks wolves, creativity and Valentine’s Day.
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Feb 10, 2021
Love is in the air...and so is the coronavirus
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednseday, February 10th, 2021: MMSD announces plans to return to in-person education, love is in the air this Valentine’s Day...but so is the coronavirus, we take a closer look at Wisconsin’s vaccine distribution and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1969.
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Feb 9, 2021
U.S. Lawmakers propose expansive 'Momnibus Act'
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021: Governor Tony Evers announces new relief efforts for Wisconsin’s farmers, Wisconsin vaccine rates are currently among the highest in the nation, U.S. lawmakers introduce legislation to address racial disparities among mothers and infants and in the second half we learn the latest from the UW-Madison campus, take to the skies with crossbills and travel back in time to the Cretaceous Period.
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Feb 8, 2021
Gov. Tony Evers proposes legalizing marijuana (again)
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 8th, 2021: City homeless shelters adapt amidst a dangerous cold front, Governor Tony Evers makes a second bid to legalize weed, the Biden administration renews efforts to get Harriet Tubman on the twenty dollar bill and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government with Forward Lookout’s Brenda Konkel.
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Feb 4, 2021
Dane County braces for cold snap
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 4th, 2021: The Wisconsin state assembly ended the governor’s mask mandate...which was then promptly replaced by a NEW mask mandate, Dane County braces for a protracted cold front, chicken wings are in short supply across the country and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT discusses Madison’s new chief of police and Radio Chipstone explores the history of Madison’s Lady Liberty.
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Feb 3, 2021
Governor Evers announces plans to reduce prescription drug prices for Wisconsinites
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021: WORT takes a deeper look at State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ task force on racial disparities, Madison city leaders pass new requirements for housing co-ops, Governor Tony Evers announces plans to reduce prescription drug prices and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1969.
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Feb 2, 2021
Alliant Energy Announces Plans To Close Last Coal Plant In Wisconsin
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 2nd, 2021: The village of Brooklyn votes to disband its police department, in-person absentee voting for the spring primary election starts today, Alliant Energy announces plans to close its last coal plant in Wisconsin and in the second half, we learn the latest news from the UW-Madison campus, talk amphibian and reptile rehab, and examine the cosmic mystery of invisibility.
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Feb 1, 2021
Republican lawmakers prepare to push ahead with efforts to overturn mask mandate
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 1st, 2021: Madison’s new top cop was sworn in today, protesters push to reopen the investigation into the Madison police officer who shot and killed Tony Robinson, Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers continue their efforts to overturn the governor’s mask mandate and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, The Past Isn’t Past examines the case of the Wilmington Ten and feature contributor Harry Richardson reviews two new features.
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Jan 28, 2021
State Assembly halts vote on mask mandate
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 28th, 2021: The Wisconsin State Assembly halts their vote to terminate Governor Evers’ mask mandate, two local convenience stores receive bomb threats, local leadership announce a new site for a men’s homeless shelter and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT talks local music picks, Staying Artful investigates the state of the state street murals and Radio Chipstone explores the deeper meaning of masks.
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Jan 27, 2021
MMSD, Deforest schools approve attendance area
Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 27th, 2021: Madison and Deforest area schools approve an attendance area swap, a Wisconsin environmental stewardship programs is set to expire unless lawmakers act, Wisconsin’s mink farmers are one of the next groups in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and in the second half we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from January 1963.
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Jan 26, 2021
Examining Wisconsin’s Partisan Divide
Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 26th, 2021: The state Legislature takes a step toward overturning Wisconsin’s COVID mask mandate, a west side elementary school is renamed in honor of a pioneering Black Madisonian, we examine underlying factors in Wisconsin’s partisan divide and in the second half, we learn the latest news from the UW-Madison campus, diagnose wildlife lead poisoning and examine something called gravitational lensing
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Jan 25, 2021
State Lawmakers Propose Package Of Bipartisan Police Reform Bills
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 25th, 2021: Protesters gathered on Olin Lake to protest far-right fascism, Wisconsin lawmakers consider a bipartisan police reform package and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, limit our salt usage, and review two new movies.
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Jan 21, 2021
Wisconsin DNR Detects PFAS In All Of Madison’s Lakes
Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021: New data from the state unveils Madison’s schools use of forced restraint on students, the Wisconsin DNR has discovered elevated levels of PFAS in every Madison area lake and in the second half we get a masterclass in public records and discuss the plights of Wisconsin’s working women in the 19th century.
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