This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 29.

• The air quality advisory continues here in Dane County as Canada contends with a record-setting fire season,
• The state elections commission battles with the Republican-led legislature over who will lead elections heading into the 2024 presidential race,
• And in the second half, Big Brothers Big Sisters is prepping for its annual gala; how you can learn how to be a carpenter; and what old maps can tell us about modern Madison.