Your Right to Know

• Don’t Purge Expunged Criminal Records

  Apr 3rd, 2019 by April Barker

  The goal of helping ex-offenders get jobs is laudable, but too much public information will be lost.

• Public Employee Records Should Be Public

  Jan 31st, 2019 by Larry Gallup

  But state departments are withholding disciplinary records on employees.

• Legislature Exempts Itself From Open Records

  Jan 2nd, 2019 by State Sen. Chris Larson

  While requiring it of all other governments in state.

• Lame Duck Laws All About Secrecy

  Dec 5th, 2018 by Dee J. Hall

  Vos and Fitzgerald didn’t even attend the public hearing on their far-reaching legislation.

• Odd Case Shows Folly of Official Secrecy

  Nov 1st, 2018 by Steve Lovejoy

  Racine judge actually seals the proceedings of an open-records suit.

• Dems Back More Openness, GOP Mostly Mum

  Oct 18th, 2018 by Dee J. Hall

  Freedom of Information Council survey gets little response from GOP candidates.

• Your Right To Know

  Check Candidates’ Stance on Open Records

  Sep 3rd, 2018 by Bill Lueders

  If they want your vote, shouldn’t they support transparency in government?

• Governments Hide Hiring Process

  Aug 8th, 2018 by Larry Gallup

  They violate law requiring release of finalists’ names, means less scrutiny of questionable hires.

• State High Court Evades Open Records

  Jul 2nd, 2018 by Mark Belling

  Are Roggensack and justices claiming they're exempt from state open records law?

• Don’t Chip Away at Open Records Law

  Jun 5th, 2018 by Bill Lueders

  Access to public information should not be limited based on who's requesting it.

• What Do UW Open Record Cases Show?

  May 2nd, 2018 by Jonathan Anderson and David Pritchard

  34 lawsuits since 1978, mostly about alleged misconduct or ethical lapses by university employees.

• Open Records Can Protect Your Health

  Apr 2nd, 2018 by Christa Westerberg

  For Milwaukee, La Crosse and Tomah, stonewalling on health records has endangered people’s health.