Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council

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  Open Records Can Protect Your Health

  Apr 2nd, 2018 by Christa Westerberg

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

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  Opees Honor Good Deeds and Bad

  Mar 9th, 2018 by Bill Lueders

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

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  Let the Sunshine In

  Mar 3rd, 2018 by Mark Pitsch

  Police, schools, statehouse all resistant to open records.

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  Officials Must Provide Electronic Records

  Feb 5th, 2018 by John Foust

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

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  Assembly Weakens Open Records

  Jan 4th, 2018 by Jonathan Anderson

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

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  School Districts Fail at Open Records

  Nov 30th, 2017 by Tom Kamenick and Libby Sobic

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

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  Good Government is Everybody’s Business

  Nov 3rd, 2017 by Ernst-Ulrich Franzen

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

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  New Battles Over Open Records

  Oct 2nd, 2017 by Bill Lueders

  Suits by citizens now trying to restrict public information.

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  Officials Shouldn’t Block Twitter, Facebook Users

  Sep 2nd, 2017 by Dee J. Hall

  Courts have ruled against blocking certain users of official Facebook pages, Twitter feeds.

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  Supreme Court Rulings a Mixed Bag

  Aug 1st, 2017 by April Barker

  Wins and losses for openness and accountability.

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  Legislators Can Destroy Public Records

  Jun 30th, 2017 by Bill Lueders

  Because they exempted themselves from the open records law they passed.

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  Secretive Votes by Legislature Are Wrong

  Jun 2nd, 2017 by Christa Westerberg

  Voting by mailed ballots rather than in person violates open government.