Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 30, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's latest preview of her 2026 operating budget proposal,
• Outline some budget amendments Madison's Board of Education took up yesterday,
• Check in with the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports after the announcement that he's closing up shop at the end of this year,
• Look forward to this week's packed schedule of dairy trade shows,
• Consider strategies to make our electoral system more inclusive,
• Explain why Wisconsin law bans rehabilitation of skunks,
• And much more.