Amelia Royko Mauer, co-founding advocate for the Community Response Team, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to talk about the status of the Police Civilian ...

A new Wisconsin statute set to go into effect on July 1st will disallow the sale of certain vape products. Any product that produces vapor for inhalation will require authorization from the United ...

WORT reporter Sutton Johnson headed back to City Hall last week for this latest edition of “Get To Know Your Local Government.” This time, he sat down with the city of Madison’s Finance Director Dave ...

The bartender groans audibly, “These guys are real pests”. Adam Benedetto, poet and political raconteur, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about his new book, Love. Flies. The World., which is an ode ...

“Quality childcare, Quality childcare, it’s what we need, it’s what we need, and decent pay for teachers, decent pay for teachers, yes indeed, yes indeed,” the Raging Grannies sang this morning ...

Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel were positioned in this spring’s election as ideological opposites grappling for control of the state Supreme Court. Out of state mega donors flooded the race with cash ...

A former City of Milwaukee poet laureate, Cárdenas has authored two full-length books: Trace (Red Hen Press) and Boomerang (Bilingual Press). She has also authored or co-authored three chapbooks: ...

Robert Luther, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired city of Madison firefighter, is running for city council this spring. He’s challenging incumbent alder Tag Evers, who’s represented Lake Monona’s western ...

“The funding was provided through the Snowmobile Trail Aid Fund in Wisconsin,” says Landes. “And that fund is made up of snowmobilers’ registration, trail pass fees, and their allotment of fuel tax ...

They highlight the growing homelessness issue, noting a 48% increase in the Beacon’s daily census from 2022 to 2023 and a 51% increase in 2024. They discuss the challenges of affordable housing, with ...

Two weeks after unveiling their new complaint form, Independent Monitor Robin Copley says they’re beginning the first investigations of complaints brought against the Madison Police Department. That ...

“The impact of a ‘no’ referendum scenario would see the end of Madison’s community oversight of its police before it can begin, further alienating the public’s trust in its law enforcement and the ...