Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council
Opee Awards For Open Records Leaders
Plaudits for Abrahamson, others. A “Nopee” for secretive state Legislature.
Mar 16th, 2020 by Bill Lueders
Public Hearings Should Have Ample Notice
Last minute notices of meetings assures that legislation is passed with little or no public input.
Mar 7th, 2020 by Matt Rothschild
Records Fees Mean Records Denials
Some legislators charge more than $100 to forward digital records. Is that open records?
Feb 6th, 2020 by Sheila Plotkin
Pollution Records Shouldn’t Be a Secret
Bipartisan bill requires government pollution test results to be disclosed in a timely fashion.
Jan 2nd, 2020 by Christa Westerberg
Don’t Block Anonymous Requests
Some governments refuse anonymous requests for open records. That’s illegal. And anti-democratic.
Dec 3rd, 2019 by Larry Gallup
Here Are Your Open Government Rights
How you can make sure government meetings and records remain open to the people.
Nov 4th, 2019 by Tom Kamenick
Evers Can Do Better On Openness
Evers Administration excludes right-wing news service from receiving media notifications and shutdown a website to track open records requests.
Oct 2nd, 2019 by Bill Lueders
Legislators Use Fees to Keep Records Secret
Charging citizens making open records requests means less scrutiny of government.
Sep 3rd, 2019 by Jonathan Anderson
Abrahamson Let the Sunshine In
For decades Justice Abrahamson was state Supreme Court’s foremost champion of open records.
Jul 31st, 2019 by Christa Westerberg
Kaul Embraces Opens Records Policy
State Attorney General settles lawsuit, changes predecessor's policy of withholding emails.
Jul 1st, 2019 by Arn Pearson
Bill Prevents Scrutiny of Lottery Winners
Shielding those records could open the door to cheating, conspiring to win millions.
Jun 4th, 2019 by Dee J. Hall
Body Camera Bill Balances Privacy, Openness
Legislative Study Committee has created bipartisan bill with sensible regulations of police body cameras.
May 6th, 2019 by Kyle Geissler
