May 24, 2023

GOP Shuts Down Plan To Study Paid Parental Leave

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 24.

  • Republicans in the state’s budget writing committee shut down a plan to study paid parental leave in Wisconsin,
  • Students at Madison’s Memorial High School are calling on the school board for safer bathrooms,
  • Local peace activists call for Wisconsin’s lawmakers in Washington to do more to bring peace to Ukraine,
  • And in the second half, citizen scientists study Dane County’s lakes, a successful protest in 1966 Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.


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