WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison Could Face Legal Action Over Birdsafe Glass Ordinance The conservative legal group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) is challenging the City of Madison over an ordinance requiring bird safe glass in the construction of new buildings. WILL is bringing the challenge against the City on behalf of four […]
Wauwatosa police ‘ghost arrested’ dozens of protesters las...
During last year’s protests against police brutality, the Wauwatosa police department reported arresting dozens of people. But, according to a new investigation by the Wisconsin Examiner, none of those people were ever actually taken into custody. For the details, our producer Jonah Chester spoke with Isiah Holmes, a journalist with the Examiner and the author […]
Transparency Talk: Policies that are annoying… but not technical...
Filing public records requests, navigating open meetings laws, knowing what information you’re legally entitled to — it can all be a lot to manage. On this week’s episode of Transparency Talk, Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Tom Kamenick — President of the Wisconsin Transparency Project — about their open government pet peeves. A quick note […]
Proposed overhauls to Wisconsin’s elections part of national tre...
Last week, Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers proposed sweeping overhauls to how the state conducts its elections. The six bills would change requirements for indefinitely confined voters, institute stricter voter ID laws and bar election funding from private organizations. Advocacy groups and Wisconsin’s Democratic legislators swiftly condemned the bills, saying that they were thinly veiled attempts at […]
Proposed Bills Regarding Sexual Assault are Back in State Senate
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced in February that a serial sex offender had been convicted after ten years. That conviction was made possible by DNA evidence that was tested in 2018 as part of a state-wide push to end the backlog of sexual assault kits. Last week, State Senators held a public hearing on […]
Common Council Shelves Requested Report on MPD Use of Tear Gas Without...
At a meeting last October, the Madison Common Council rejected a proposed ban on tear gas. Instead, alders ordered the Madison Police Department (MPD) to conduct an internal review on their historical use of the chemical suppressant, and to research and recommend alternative methods for crowd control and de-escalation. The report was released in January, […]
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