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Your Right to Know: How Republicans Worked to End Public Records
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How Republicans Worked to End Public Records

Planning began last September and would have ended open records for all local governments as well.

Your Right to Know: Legislators’ Shocking Attack on Open Government
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Legislators’ Shocking Attack on Open Government

Budget provision with no author will decimate open records rules for legislature. It will pass unless there is an outcry from legislators.

Your Right to Know: UW Shouldn’t Hide Finalist Names
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UW Shouldn’t Hide Finalist Names

Provision slipped into budget allows universities to hide names of top candidates for key positions. No other state agencies enjoy this exemption.

Your Right to Know: Walker Action Restricts Public Records
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Walker Action Restricts Public Records

Administration claims records of staff's preliminary analysis should be withheld. Critics argue that's illegal and makes governor less transparent than legislators.

Your Right to Know: How Open Are Government Digital Records?
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How Open Are Government Digital Records?

Few think government does a good job of sharing digital data.

Your Right to Know: Will Schimel Proposal Lead to More Open Records?
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Will Schimel Proposal Lead to More Open Records?

Attorney General's proposal sounds good, but the devil's in the details.

Your Right to Know: Don’t Let UW Hide Research Records
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Don’t Let UW Hide Research Records

Walker's budget adds a blanket exemption that would allow UW to deny public record requests on controversial research, conflicts of interest or how tax dollars are spent.

Your Right to Know: How Traffic Safety-Related Information Went Dark
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How Traffic Safety-Related Information Went Dark

Have municipalities gone overboard in protecting police and accident reports?

Your Right to Know: Is a Public Official’s Calendar a Public Record?
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Is a Public Official’s Calendar a Public Record?

It can help explain what government officials are doing, but some are fighting media requests for this.