Your Right to Know

Your Right to Know: Don’t Purge Expunged Criminal Records
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Don’t Purge Expunged Criminal Records

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

Your Right to Know: Public Employee Records Should Be Public
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Public Employee Records Should Be Public

But state departments are withholding disciplinary records on employees.

Your Right to Know: Legislature Exempts Itself From Open Records
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Legislature Exempts Itself From Open Records

While requiring it of all other governments in state.

Your Right to Know: Lame Duck Laws All About Secrecy
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Lame Duck Laws All About Secrecy

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

Your Right to Know: Odd Case Shows Folly of Official Secrecy
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Odd Case Shows Folly of Official Secrecy

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

Your Right to Know: Dems Back More Openness, GOP Mostly Mum
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Dems Back More Openness, GOP Mostly Mum

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

Your Right To Know: Check Candidates’ Stance on Open Records
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Check Candidates’ Stance on Open Records

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

Your Right to Know: Governments Hide Hiring Process
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Governments Hide Hiring Process

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

Your Right to Know: State High Court Evades Open Records
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State High Court Evades Open Records

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

Your Right to Know: Don’t Chip Away at Open Records Law
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Don’t Chip Away at Open Records Law

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

Your Right to Know: What Do UW Open Record Cases Show?
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What Do UW Open Record Cases Show?

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

Your Right to Know: Open Records Can Protect Your Health
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Open Records Can Protect Your Health

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