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"We thank you for listening:" WORT News celebrates Thanksgiving 2023

Posted November 23, 202300:56:58

On this special Thanksgiving episode, we're spotlighting some of this year's stories on food. Here's your local news for Thursday, November 23, 2023:

  • We...

"Think of the young people moving in:" Last night, Madison's Common Council voted to allow buildings as tall as ten stories on an undeveloped, downtown lot

Posted November 22, 202300:52:30

Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 22, 2023:

  • We share an update on Brayton Lot, which may soon feature affordable housing in...

"We are being discriminated against [...] with monies extracted from Indian country:" The state legislature's budget-writing committee is under fire after a party-line vote to exclude two tribes from a grant program

Posted November 21, 202300:46:11

Here's your local news for Tuesday, November 21, 2023:

  • We investigate a recent, party-line vote to exclude two Wisconsin tribes from a grant...

"I think it caught a lot of us unawares, which is a little bit frightening in and of itself:" Neo-Nazis marched through downtown Madison this weekend

Posted November 20, 202300:49:47

Here's your local news for Monday, November 20, 2023:

  • We investigate the neo-Nazi march that made its way through downtown Madison this Saturday,
  • Attend...

"For the trees, for the parks, for the birds!:" Conservation activists rally at the state Capitol against Kohler's proposed golf course

Posted November 16, 202300:48:55

Here's your local news for Thursday, November 16, 2023:

  • We attend the rally against Kohler's proposed golf course, which would be just north...