Here's your local news for Tuesday, January 23, 2024:
"[Warren Spahn] is the winningest left-handed pitcher in history:" Governor Tony Evers is fielding criticism after the revelation that he has a secret email address - under a deceased ballplayer's nam
"These smaller states that contributed least to the problem will be affected the most:" A professor at UW-Madison is headed to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference
"At some point, I thought, 'It's not gonna come true':" Construction on the Madison Public Market officially started this morning
"We thank you for listening:" WORT News celebrates Thanksgiving 2023
"Think of the young people moving in:" Last night, Madison's Common Council voted to allow buildings as tall as ten stories on an undeveloped, downtown lot
"We are being discriminated against [...] with monies extracted from Indian country:" The state legislature's budget-writing committee is under fire after a party-line vote to exclude two tribes from
"I think it caught a lot of us unawares, which is a little bit frightening in and of itself:" Neo-Nazis marched through downtown Madison this weekend
"For the trees, for the parks, for the birds!:" Conservation activists rally at the state Capitol against Kohler's proposed golf course
"There is nothing left, so...:" Last night, Madison's Common Council approved the 2024 budgets in a single meeting
"This allows us to be as creative and flexible as possible:" Yesterday, Madison's Plan Commission approved increasing the height limit for an undeveloped lot near the Capitol
"We’re all worried about climate change, we’re all nervous about our future, as everyone is:" Last Saturday, Dane County students gathered to discuss climate challenges
"Folks are really struggling and need the help:" This holiday season, the Goodman Community Center is planning to distribute 4,000 Thanksgiving food baskets
"[It] showed me just how marginalized these workers and their families are in our system:" Dane County's 2024 Capital Budget establishes a fund to build safe housing for farm workers
"We have this duty - a duty to stand up:" Demonstrators gather outside Senator Baldwin's Madison home to criticize her support of Israel
"We should be banning hunger, and not banning books:" State Democrats are proposing funding for universal, no-cost school lunches
“I always say that those who are closest to the issues are closest to the solutions:" Today, Democratic lawmakers announced a bill package looking to improve inmates' living conditions across the st
"We can [...] build a roadmap, so to speak:" MOSES' Community Organizer proposes systemic change as the Waupun Prison lockdown reaches its seventh month
"[We] want to see this place protected for generations to come:" Environmental groups are criticizing Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources after they approve an exploratory drilling plan in nor
"Very few states allow the candidates to skip around like we do:" State Republican lawmakers propose a 'sore loser' law to prevent failed primary candidates from moving forward as write-ins
"It's not just about change - it's about meaningful change:" A Menominee tribal legislator shares his perspective on four bills coming out of the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations
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