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WORT Local News WORT News and Public Affairs

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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.

- MAY 9, 2024
"We want proper staffing, we want proper respect:" Meriter employees picketed outside their workplace this afternoon - demanding a fair contract for the hospital's lowest paid staff

"We want proper staffing, we want proper respect:" Meriter employees picketed outside their workplace this afternoon - demanding a fair contract for the hospital's lowest paid staff

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 9, 2024:* We find out why Meriter workers picketed outside their workplace this afternoon,* Hear an acclaimed journalist's advice for the next generation,* Take a closer look at open records law,* Broadcast the latest fishing report,* Check in with Madison's Flamingos,* And much more.
- 48 min
- MAY 8, 2024
"We are educated, we are strong, and we do not waver in the face of attack and misinformation:" On Monday, a student demonstrator at the Gaza solidarity encampment put media coverage under the spotlight

"We are educated, we are strong, and we do not waver in the face of attack and misinformation:" On Monday, a student demonstrator at the Gaza solidarity encampment put media coverage under the spotlight

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 8, 2024:* We take a closer look at the ethics of protest coverage,* Check in with the Mount Horeb Area School District - one week after a tragic shooting incident,* Learn how art venues can build community,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Travel back in time to 1969,* And much more
- 47 min
- MAY 7, 2024
"We advocate for ourselves and that's how we make effective change:" Today, at the 3rd annual Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, folks kept their promise to 'Wrap the Capitol in Red"

"We advocate for ourselves and that's how we make effective change:" Today, at the 3rd annual Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, folks kept their promise to 'Wrap the Capitol in Red"

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 7, 2024:* We attend a community meeting on Madison's budget woes,* Hear from an organizer at today's "Wrap the Capitol in Red" event,* Visit the Mediterranean Joint,* Explain how "nuisance animals" are handled,* Take a closer look at the city's money troubles,* And much more.
- 47 min
- MAY 6, 2024
“Hands off our students, hands off Gaza:" This afternoon at UW-Madison, faculty and staff staged a walkout and rally in support of the liberated zone on Library Mall

“Hands off our students, hands off Gaza:" This afternoon at UW-Madison, faculty and staff staged a walkout and rally in support of the liberated zone on Library Mall

Here's your local news for Monday, May 6,2024:* We hear from the faculty and staff supporting the student encampment on Library Mall,* Learn why consumer advocates are objecting to grocery prices,* Find out how city planners have amended their blueprint for Madison's west side,* Get the details on a net zero home in Wisconsin,* Learn how lawmakers are working to enshrine contraception rights on the state level,* Mark the anniversary of the National Student Strike in 1970,* Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,* Review two movies,* And much more.
- 45 min
- MAY 2, 2024
"That’s bare minimum that we’re guaranteed no police brutality for the next 24 hours:" On the solidarity encampment's fourth day, student demonstrators got a small reprieve - after a meeting with Chancellor Mnookin

"That’s bare minimum that we’re guaranteed no police brutality for the next 24 hours:" On the solidarity encampment's fourth day, student demonstrators got a small reprieve - after a meeting with Chancellor Mnookin

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 2, 2024:* We share an update on the "liberated zone" at UW-Madison,* Hear from some high schoolers who participated in today's May Day protest,* Check in with the UW faculty members speaking out in support of student demonstrators,* Discover the power of storytelling and solidarity,* Peruse the wide world of countertops,* Investigate the science of bowling,* And much more.
- 47 min
- MAY 1, 2024
"And the police just came in here with riot gear and they started just going at the crowd:" UW students have reconstructed their solidarity encampment - after they clashed with a wave of police early this morning

"And the police just came in here with riot gear and they started just going at the crowd:" UW students have reconstructed their solidarity encampment - after they clashed with a wave of police early this morning

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 1, 2024:* We check in on the Gaza solidarity encampment at UW-Madison - after today's violent clash with law enforcement,* Hear from a professor who was on the front lines and detained by police,* Get the latest on today's active shooter threat in Mt. Horeb,* Share more insight into life as a music therapist,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Tell the true story of the first Mifflin Street Block Party,* And much more.
- 50 min