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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.

Canopy Doesn’t Get Alcohol License

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When a business like Canopy seeks an alcohol license in the Marquette Neighborhood, the owners usually meet with the Marquette Neighborhood Association’s Preservation and Development Committee first.  The matter then goes to the full MNA board before the ALRC makes its final decision.  Yesterday, the Board voted to send a letter to the ALRC asking […]

Game On: What Makes a Good Coach?

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Last month, the Jacksonville Jaguars fired executive vice president of football operations and former coach Tom Coughlin. Coughlin won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, but the NFL players’ union warned free agents from signing with the team due to some of his disciplinary approaches. So, what makes a good coach? Is it […]

President Trump Talks Soleimani, Economy, Dishwashers In Milwaukee

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While Democratic presidential candidates sparred in the last debate before the Iowa caucuses, President Trump held his campaign stop in Milwaukee Tuesday night. Speaking to a packed crowd of more than 12,000 supporters at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, Trump delivered a ninety minute speech that touched on his promises for national security, the economy, immigration, […]

Golf: At What Cost?

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Today, the Task Force on Municipal Golf in Madison Parks will be presented with an estimate of what Madison’s four public golf courses cost the City. The report is being presented by the golf courses’ financial group. It includes the cost of maintenance, repair, or replacement of clubhouses, irrigation systems, and various types of  lawn […]

Madison, the third week of January in the Sixties

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Madison in the sixties – the third week of January  January 18 1962 —  The most important cultural and social institution in the Greenbush neighborhood celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of its founding — the Club Lavoratori Italiani Sicilia di Mutuo Sucorso e Beneficenza, more widely known as Italian Workmen’s Club. The club opened its fine brick building […]

Republicans Attempt Veto Override

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Last year, Republicans sent a bill to Governor Tony Evers’s desk that would have lowered the number of required training hours for nursing aides, but Evers vetoed it. This Wednesday, Republicans will convene to try overriding the veto and pass the bill. If they succeed, it will be the first veto override in Wisconsin since […]

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