WORT Local News

Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from 6:00-7:00 PM and online anytime at WORTFM.org.

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Republican state lawmakers float "Tech Accountability Bill"

Posted July 13, 2021 • 00:49:39

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...

As It Rolls Through The Midwest, The Bus-Eum Teaches Important History Lessons

Posted July 12, 2021 • 00:49:41

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...

Governor Evers Signs 2021-2023 State Budget

Posted July 8, 2021 • 00:52:41

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, July 8th, 2021: Governor Evers approves Wisconsin’s biennial budget, local leaders again take up police...

Wauwatosa police secretly monitored protesters, politicians and others critical of police violence

Posted July 7, 2021 • 00:49:40

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...

Checking in on the Enbridge Line 3 Protests

Posted July 7, 2021 • 00:49:04

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...