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COVID cases spike among Wisconsin's Native Americans

Posted October 23, 202000:53:47

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020: We talk with voters at the polls, Dane County is switching to a Crisis Model of Contact...

Football in a pandemic

Posted October 22, 202000:51:05

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 21st, 2020: Tailgating is discouraged at Badger football games this season, one of Wisconsin’s...

The Race For Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District

Posted October 21, 202000:49:11

Here's your WORT Local News, October 20th, 2020: Mark Pocan once again faces a challenger this November, Madison and Dane County partner to address...

A Three Billion Dollar Web Of Deception: Inside FoxConn’s Mount Pleasant Facility

Posted October 20, 202000:49:19

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 19th, 2020: The first of this week’s previews of Congressional races at play in November, the Dane...

Unpacking Court Packing

Posted October 18, 202000:20:21

Here's your WORT podcast bonus episode for October 18th, 2020:

Thursday was the final day of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Amy Coney...