Here's your local news for Monday, December 8, 2025:

• We head to a local food pantry for a conversation about the rising cost of living,
• Find out why senior advocates want to preserve county-owned nursing homes,
• Check in with the director of Madison's Civil Rights Department, after an investigation cleared him of workplace discrimination claims,
• Explain what's next for two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's congressional map,
• Celebrate Noam Chomsky's birthday,
• Teach you how to make a bright cocktail with ties to World War II,
• Review Ken Burns' new docuseries on the American Revolution,
• And much more.