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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.

State Street redevelopment project pushes forward

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Over the past few weeks, we’ve brought you the stories of two businesses — Community Pharmacy and a Room of One’s Own Bookstore — who are being pushed out by a planned redevelopment at the corner of State and Gorham Street. But, Community Pharmacy and Room are just two of many businesses that are being […]

Madison, April 1969 – Another Pivotal Election

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Madison, April 1, 1969. Another pivotal election. In April 1961, the city ended years of liberal leadership by electing a conservative mayor, businessman Henry Reynolds. In 1969, it’s poised to do so again – attorney William Dyke. A former top aide to the Republican lieutenant governor Jack Olsen, Dyke was making his third bid for […]

Lawmakers seek to enshrine colby as Wisconsin’s official state c...

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A new bill that aims to name colby cheese as Wisconsin’s official state cheese is currently circulating for co-sponsors in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Colby cheese was first developed near Colby, Wisconsin in 1885 — and has since spread to grocery stores across the world. For more on the proposal, our producer Jonah Chester spoke […]

Spring Election Results

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Yesterday was election day in Wisconsin. In Dane County about 30% of registered voters cast a ballot. WORT’s Jade Iseri-Ramos explains the election results.  State Superintendent Though yesterday was technically a nonpartisan election , the union and Democrat backed candidate won the only statewide race. Jill Underly won out against Deb Kerr as the new […]

Brooklyn village board upended by spring election

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Yesterday, Brooklyn’s village President, Brit Springer, was voted out of office — despite not facing a formal challenger.  Springer was issued a resounding defeat by write-in candidate Mark Bruner, who garnered 75% of the vote, or roughly 244 ballots. But she wasn’t alone in her defeat; in addition to Springer, three other Brooklyn trustee races […]

Madison Ends Plastic Bag Recycling

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Photo courtesy Christopher Vega on Unsplash. On Tuesday, the Madison Streets Division announced that the city would cease recycling plastic film and plastic bags – and that residents should no longer place plastic bags into their recycling.  But according to city recycling spokesman Bryan Johnson, recycling plastic bags has always been somewhat problematic.  “We were […]

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