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How are the record shops doing?

Posted May 26, 202200:48:06

Here's your local evening news for Thursday, May 26:


  • Voting rights advocates say a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court...

How to cope

Posted May 25, 202200:47:27

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...

Quality assurance testers at Raven Software make history

Posted May 24, 202200:52:01

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 24:

  • Madison teachers push for better pay,
  • An anti-circumcision group comes to town,
  • And...

How a retired hypnotherapist helped fuel a far-right complaint in Wisconsin

Posted May 23, 202200:57:57

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...

UW-Madison Study Says 50 Thousand Lives Per Year Can Be Saved By Reducing Air Pollutants Emission

Posted May 19, 202200:50:00

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 19.

  • A new study quantifies the health effects of air pollutants, 
  • A downtown Madison...