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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.

John Kruse steps back out

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John Kruse played a very active role in Madison’s music community during the late oughts and early 2000s, playing in bands including Pushmi-Pullyu, Fambly Fun, and Nude Human. On top of that, he ran an ambitious web label called Mine All Mine Records, booked a regular show series at the now-defunct Dragonfly Lounge in downtown […]

State’s School Referendum Funding Breaks Records in 2018

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Beyond the high-profile contests held Tuesday, voters in 61 Wisconsin school districts faced a record 82 funding referenda questions. Those ballot questions total about $1.4 billion. Including Tuesday’s results, Wisconsin taxpayers have approved a record 2 billion dollars in referenda so far in 2018. Voters approved at least 56 of 61 school districts’ referenda amounting […]

Democrat Tony Evers Wins Race for Governor

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Fewer than 40 thousand votes. That’s the slim edge Democrat Tony Evers managed to eek out yesterday over Republican governor Scott Walker. That decision ends eight years of Walker in the Governor’s Mansion. His two terms have been colored by his plight to weaken public sector labor unions and cuts to education funding. Also on […]

Community Responds to Racist Flyers in Spring Green

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Spring Green residents are banding together after residents found racist posters around town — stuffed in mailboxes and scattered on windshields. The flyers are simple. White sheets of paper headlined White Lives Matter with links to six different racist and anti-Semitic websites and YouTube channels. No photos. No contact information. Just typed out links to […]