Bill and Tom examine the controversies surrounding the Department of Public Instruction’s recent standard testing updates, and Tom’s ongoing lawsuit regarding the issue.
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Consumer advocacy group defends data center credit standards
Developers have asked state regulators to loosen the new standards, which aim to protect average utility customers from financial risk.
Wisconsin’s Healthcare Future Faces Rising Costs and Closures
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and other recent federal actions are dismantling Wisconsin’s healthcare system, advocates warned at a panel Thursday.
Honoring Dairy Month with a Farmer Roundtable
Hosts Bert Zipperer and Pete Hardin break down cheese consumption trends, the history of the dairy industry in Wisconsin, and hear from two local dairy farmers, Jan Shepel and Adam Faust.
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Weekend #2
Performing June 19–21, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society co‑artistic director and pianist Jeffrey Sykes joined Ava Borelli on Classical Jukebox to talk about this weekend’s program — the second chapter […]
Fran Dunaway, Co-Founder of TomboyX
Fran Dunaway (she/her) is co-founder & President of TomboyX, a certified B-Corp that has been designing underwear for all bodies and all genders for the past 13 years. Fran was […]
Healthy Climate Wisconsin: Climate Change Is a Public Health Emergency
Healthy Climate Wisconsin, a member agency of Community Shares of Wisconsin, is mobilizing health professionals to address the environmental factors driving 90% of health outcomes. Executive Director Abby Novinska-Lois shares […]
Military Housing Allowances Driving Up Hawaii Rents, Displacing Locals
Omar Ocampo, a researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, discussed a new collaborative report, The True Cost of the Military […]
2024 death points to dangerous policy gaps, Madison police monitor says
Aeiramique Glass joins WORT to describe the next steps, after Monday’s bombshell report disputing the official cause of a 2024 police custody death.
Historic Montello Theatre Revives Live Performances After a Century
Jen and Kerry Mann, owners of the Montello Theatre in Marquette County, are reviving live entertainment at the historic venue for the first time in over 100 years. Operating primarily […]
For the fourth year, advocates mark the toll of gun violence
The display in the Capitol rotunda aims to humanize the statistics – and pressure the state Legislature to act.
Decoding the Mysteries of Adulthood through Astrology
Ali Muldrow speaks with Courtney Ann LaFaive about the legacy of Linda Goodman and LaFaive’s new book, Follow the Signs: Searching for Linda Goodman, America’s Forgotten Astrology Queen.
