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WORT Local News presents alternative viewpoints in its news – both in the sources it uses and the stories it covers. Newscasts include local and state news, weather, and regular features. It aims to give underrepresented people a voice.

Local law enforcement leaders condemn murder of George Floyd

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Image courtesy Madison365’s Facebook livestream In a virtual town hall this morning, Dane County law enforcement officials publicly condemned the murder of George Floyd. The town hall was streamed on Facebook by the Dane County Boys and Girls Club and Madison365. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned […]

Wisconsin Elections Commission Votes to Mail Absentee Ballot Applicati...

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Photo from Element5 Digital on Unsplash.   Yesterday the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to send absentee ballot applications out to 2.7 million registered voters across Wisconsin.  The mailing would not include the over half a million registered voters who already request absentee ballots. Nor would it include more than 150,000 on the “movers list,” […]

Madison War Dead, 1965-1967

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Madison in the sixties. Our Vietnam casualties. Part one.  1965     Marine staff sergeant Roscoe Ammerman, thirty- seven, becomes the first  Madison casualty when he is killed in action in Quang Nam province on October 3. Ammerman joined the Marines at seventeen in August 1945, after dropping dropped out of Central High School following his junior […]

State moratorium on evictions expires

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Yesterday, a moratorium on evictions that Governor Evers signed into law in March expired. The order was passed to prevent landlords from evicting tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused Wisconsin’s unemployment rate to spike. Earlier today, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Robin Sereno, Executive Director of the Tenant Resource Center, to discuss […]

Dated technology, infrastructure delaying Wisconsin unemployment claim...

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has faced criticism for long delays in delivering unemployment benefits.  In April, Wisconsin hit a record unemployment rate of over 14%. That’s approaching numbers last seen during the Great Depression, according to DWD Chief Economist Dennis Winters.  More than 728,000 unemployment claims have […]

Environmental Groups, Landowners Ask State to Turn Down Enbridge Rerou...

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Photo from 12019 / 10259 images on Pixabay.   A group of environmental advocates and property owners are seeking to stop an energy company’s attempt to reroute an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin.  The pipeline is owned by Endbridge, a Canadian energy company. According to the company’s website, the line was built in 1953 and […]

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