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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Bill aims to strip parental rights from incarcerated parents

Posted December 2, 2021 • 00:46:48

This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 2, 2021. On today's show, a bill in the state legislature could remove parental protections for...

Wisconsin Inches Forward Towards PFAS Standards

Posted December 1, 2021 • 00:52:26

This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 1, 2021. On today's show, new regulations for PFAS in water inch forward, we unravel some of the...

State Lawmakers Propose Gun Laws A Week After Rittenhouse Trial

Posted November 30, 2021 • 00:47:22

This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 30, 2021, On today's show, legislators introduce a pile of gun safety proposals in the statehouse...

Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41

Posted November 29, 2021 • 00:48:36

This is your WORT Local News for Monday, November 29, 2021. On today's show, we remember a famed UW-Madison alum, we get the story on a controversy...

No Thanksgiving Without Immigrants

Posted November 24, 2021 • 00:50:30

This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, November 24, 2021. On todays episode, immigration activists hold an action outside Senator Tammy Baldwin’s...