As COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout Wisconsin, Public Health Madison and Dane County has announced it will be switching to a crisis model of contact tracing due to the recent surge in cases. At a press conference Thursday morning, Kate Austin Stanford, the Director Of Operations at Public Health-Madison and Dane County, said that […]
COVID cases spike among Wisconsin’s Native Americans
COVID-19 cases amongst Wisconsin’s native peoples have tripled since September first, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That rate of increase far outpaces positivity rates amongst any other racial groups in the state. About 2,333 total American Indians have tested positive in Wisconsin, up from 775 at the start of September. To discuss how the […]
The Race for Wisconsin’s Sixth Congressional District
This November, Republican incumbent Glenn Grothman will square off against Democrat Jessica King for the right to represent Wisconsin’s sixth congressional district — which includes communities situated between Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee. Grothman won the seat in 2014, prior to which he served in both the Wisconsin state senate and house of representatives for […]
No Tailgating, No Food Vendors for Badger Homecoming
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 […]
