Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council
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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.
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Public Hearings Should Have Ample Notice
Mar 7th, 2020 by Matt Rothschild
Last minute notices of meetings assures that legislation is passed with little or no public input.
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Records Fees Mean Records Denials
Feb 6th, 2020 by Sheila Plotkin
Some legislators charge more than $100 to forward digital records. Is that open records?
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Pollution Records Shouldn’t Be a Secret
Jan 2nd, 2020 by Christa Westerberg
Bipartisan bill requires government pollution test results to be disclosed in a timely fashion.
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Don’t Block Anonymous Requests
Dec 3rd, 2019 by Larry Gallup
Some governments refuse anonymous requests for open records. That’s illegal. And anti-democratic.
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Here Are Your Open Government Rights
Nov 4th, 2019 by Tom Kamenick
How you can make sure government meetings and records remain open to the people.
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Evers Can Do Better On Openness
Oct 2nd, 2019 by Bill Lueders
Evers Administration excludes right-wing news service from receiving media notifications and shutdown a website to track open records requests.
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Legislators Use Fees to Keep Records Secret
Sep 3rd, 2019 by Jonathan Anderson
Charging citizens making open records requests means less scrutiny of government.
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Abrahamson Let the Sunshine In
Jul 31st, 2019 by Christa Westerberg
For decades Justice Abrahamson was state Supreme Court’s foremost champion of open records.
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Kaul Embraces Opens Records Policy
Jul 1st, 2019 by Arn Pearson
State Attorney General settles lawsuit, changes predecessor's policy of withholding emails.
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Bill Prevents Scrutiny of Lottery Winners
Jun 4th, 2019 by Dee J. Hall
Shielding those records could open the door to cheating, conspiring to win millions.
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Body Camera Bill Balances Privacy, Openness
May 6th, 2019 by Kyle Geissler
Legislative Study Committee has created bipartisan bill with sensible regulations of police body cameras.
