This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, December 6.

• The US DOJ has subpoenaed the Dane County Clerk's office, 
• 'Tis the season once again inside the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda…
• A new initiative seeks to make Madison more pedestrian-friendly, 
• And in the second half, we hike along the shores of Lake Mendota, foster orphaned bird chicks, and mine light from stars in far away galaxies.