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WSUM News Team compiles recent news in under 5 minutes every Monday through Thursday. Originally aired on the 91.7 FM stream, each newscast is re-posted in audio form.
INTRO GOOD (DAY) EVENING MADISON! YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE 5/6 O’CLOCK NEWS UPDATE ON WSUM 91.7 FM MADISON STUDENT RADIO. I’M TALULA HAYES.
IN THE NEWS TODAY,
IN CAMPUS NEWS,
Music Hall to be renamed and expanded after a 30 million dollar gift from Herb Kohl foundation. The building’s exterior will remain the same, but the large donation will go towards completely renovating the interior and renaming the building Herb Kohl hall. It will serve as the home to the La Follette school, the public affairs graduate program inside the College of Letters&Science. The move is expected to be complete by 2029. In Fall 2026 the school is expected to introduce a new major and enroll as many 400 students in 5 years. The school currently offers two undergraduate certificate programs thanks to Senator Kohl’s 10 million dollar gift in 2019. La Follette has doubled its staff since 2019 to keep pace with this growth, and expects to continue hiring in the coming years. Music Hall is a 146-year-old building on the bottom of Bascom Hill that has been less used than most due to construction recently. Herb Kohl Hall will also return the building, originally called Assembly Hall, to its roots as UW–Madison’s first campus building dedicated to large gatherings.
For WSUM News, I’m Nathan Jahn
IN STATE NEWS,
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that 80% of lakes and rivers in the state meet water quality standards. The Clean Water Act encourages states to release biannual lists including which bodies of water are healthy, in a process of restoration and which need a place to achieve good health. While a majority of waterbodies are in good condition, according to the DNR, 92 areas or segments have now been classified as impaired. Putting waters on the Impaired Waters List means that those waters must have a restoration plan to improve aquatic habitat, recreation opportunities or fish consumption. About 100 new pollutant listings have been proposed, and some of these new listings are on waters that are already identified as impaired. Quote “Depending on the pollutant, many waters listed as impaired are still beautiful resources and safe for the recreational activities that Wisconsinites and visitors alike enjoy” End-Quote, said a DNR Coordinator.
For WSUM News, I’m Nathan Jahn
IN NATIONAL NEWS,
President Trump is calling for thousands of local officers to aid in his immigration enforcement efforts, though some states are declining. On Tuesday, Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed a law which prohibits immigration enforcement agreements with the federal government. Overall, ten democratically led states have followed suit, with prohibitions against law enforcement officers' cooperations of mass deportations. Previously this month, New Mexico signed a similar agreement into law. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has expressed talks of this legislation which would ban local law officers from being deputized by ICE. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger eradicated the previously signed state ICE agreements by Republicans in Virginia. The number of cooperative agreements in place between local law enforcement and ICE have grown from 135 when President Trump was first in office to over 1,400, expanding from 20 to 41 states. The growth of ICE is fueled by the federal immigration enforcement funding, as the plan has $140 billion for immigration enforcement, with $46 billion aside for the hiring of 10,000 agents and $45 billion to establish detention centers. Overall, ICE is having a large surge of pushback, as 6 in 10 U.S. adults say Trump has quote “gone too far” end quote with federal immigration agents presence within cities, according to an AP-NORC poll.
ALSO IN NATIONAL NEWS,
The Department of Homeland Security’s spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, is set to leave the agency next week. She chose to entirely step down following the fatal shootings that occurred in Minnesota which caused an outroar against the department. McLaughlin was a defender of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, and was repeatedly featured on the news and social media to report on the industry. She began her plan for departure in December but stayed following the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Another DHS official set to leave was the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director, Madison Sheahan, who announced she would step down from her race in Congress in Ohio last month.
OUTRO: THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN! FROM THE WSUM NEWS BOOTH, I’M TALULA HAYES. HAVE A GREAT EVENING MADISON!