Your Right to Know

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.

Your Right to Know: Opees Honor Good Deeds and Bad
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Opees Honor Good Deeds and Bad

Freedom of Information Council's awards go to Gov. Walker and several journalists.

Your Right to Know: Let the Sunshine In
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Let the Sunshine In

Police, schools, statehouse all resistant to open records.

Your Right to Know: Officials Must Provide Electronic Records
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Officials Must Provide Electronic Records

They are covered by open records laws and often easier to use.

Your Right to Know: Assembly Weakens Open Records
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Assembly Weakens Open Records

After declaring commitment to open records, three different bills restrict it.

Your Right to Know: School Districts Fail at Open Records
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School Districts Fail at Open Records

MPS the slowest at responding and Madison district charges by far the most.

Your Right to Know: Good Government is Everybody’s Business
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Good Government is Everybody’s Business

Ernst-Ulrich Franzen's parting message to politicians: "We’ll be watching."