Your Right to Know
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Mask-Less Public Meetings Are Illegal
Feb 1st, 2021 by Larry Gallup
They endanger health and prevent access to all interested in attending.
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Your Right To Know
Remote Meetings Can Hide Information
Jan 1st, 2021 by Olivia Herken
Some government bodies have been very transparent. Others not so much.
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Both Parties Delay on Open Records
Dec 2nd, 2020 by Bill Lueders
Long delays by state officials to open records requests have been the norm for the last decade.
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State Prisons Too Secretive About COVID-19
Nov 2nd, 2020 by Gretchen Schuldt
Department of Corrections took months to release numbers, still trying to hide information.
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Your Right To Know
State Should Identify Schools With COVID-19 Outbreaks
Oct 8th, 2020 by Jonathan Anderson
A handful of other states are doing this, and so should Wisconsin's Department of Health Services.
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More Online Access to Public Records Needed
Sep 1st, 2020 by Steven Potter
In the age of pandemic, local and state government departments should routinely create online copies of records.
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Your Right To Know
Release Business Names With COVID-19 Outbreaks
Aug 4th, 2020 by Christa Westerberg
Let the public make informed decisions about their own safety.
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More Police Transparency Needed
Jul 1st, 2020 by Bill Lueders
Law allows unnecessary delays for release of data.
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Meetings Often More Open During Pandemic
Jun 1st, 2020 by John Foust
More live-streamed government meetings, court hearings. But why do some erase recordings?
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Trump Lawsuit Tests Limits of Free Speech
May 1st, 2020 by Natalie A. Harris
The president's campaign is suing a local television station in Rhinelander for running a political ad that allegedly defamed him.
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Your Right To Know
Public Bodies Find New Ways to Meet
Apr 6th, 2020 by Bill Lueders
State and local governments meeting virtually; no complaints from public about access.
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Opee Awards For Open Records Leaders
Mar 16th, 2020 by Bill Lueders
Plaudits for Abrahamson, others. A “Nopee” for secretive state Legislature.
