This is your WORT local news for Thursday, July 13.

• The city of Madison is set to begin allowing dogs on leashes in most  parks around the city,
• Democratic lawmakers look to bar a legal defense that could be used to lessen sentences in violent crimes against LGBTQ people,
• And in the second half, we talk with the owner of a clothing empire, we walk you through replacing a light fixture, and how a traumatic car accident led to shoemaking.