Friday, the Badgers kickoff for the first time in 2020. Fans won’t be allowed in the stadium, and Tuesday, Madison’s Common Council threw a hail marry to discourage tailgating. After much deliberation and more than 40 players testing positive for Covid-19 last month, the Badgers are still playing 8 games–4 at home. In a live […]
Madison, Oct. 27, 1966 – The Heckling of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
At the start of the 1966-67 school year, the Committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV) declared it would not allow members of the federal government to speak on the UW campus undisturbed. So when it was announced that President Kennedy’s youngest brother was coming to campus on October 27, 1966 to help the […]
The Race for Wisconsin’s fifth congressional district
This week, we’re taking a look at races in four congressional districts in the WORT listening area. Today, one of Wisconsin’s most powerful Republicans seeks to make the jump to the federal stage. Republican Scott Fitzgerald was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate more than 25 years ago. Since then, he has climbed his way […]
Analyzing Madison’s 2021 Proposed Budget
The city of Madison has entered the dead heat of budget season, as Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and members of the city council debate her proposed 2021 Operating and Capital budgets. This year has proven an exceptionally difficult one for the city to navigate — as the COVID-19 pandemic has mired the budgeting process in economic […]
Listen to the Final Presidential Debate on WORT
WORT will carry live coverage of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday, October 22, from 8 to 10:30 pm Central Time. From 8-9:30 pm, listen to President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden duke it out live from Belmont University, a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Then, from 9:30-10:30 pm, […]
The Race for Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District
The second congressional district — which represents a large swath of southeastern Wisconsin including Dane, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk and Green counties — is a blue stronghold. Incumbent Mark Pocan will seek his fifth term to the office. He’s represented the district since 2013, after now-Senator Tammy Baldwin vacated the seat. But come this November 3rd, […]
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