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Your Right to Know: Protect the Rights of Student Journalists
Your Right to Know

Protect the Rights of Student Journalists

17 states have passed such legislation. Wisconsin should do the same.

Will Budget Hearings Be Superspreader Events?

Will Budget Hearings Be Superspreader Events?

Mask wars pit Democrats against Republicans in Legislature.

Your Right to Know: Mask-Less Public Meetings Are Illegal
Your Right to Know

Mask-Less Public Meetings Are Illegal

They endanger health and prevent access to all interested in attending.

Your Right to Know: Don’t Block Anonymous Requests
Your Right to Know

Don’t Block Anonymous Requests

Some governments refuse anonymous requests for open records. That’s illegal. And anti-democratic.

Your Right to Know: Public Employee Records Should Be Public
Your Right to Know

Public Employee Records Should Be Public

But state departments are withholding disciplinary records on employees.

Secrecy Hides State Legislators’ Actions

Secrecy Hides State Legislators’ Actions

Anonymous budget amendments and "Body Snatcher” bills reward special interests, limit public input.

Your Right to Know: Governments Hide Hiring Process
Your Right to Know

Governments Hide Hiring Process

They violate law requiring release of finalists’ names, means less scrutiny of questionable hires.

Your Right to Know: How Legislators Hide Controversial Bills
Your Right to Know

How Legislators Hide Controversial Bills

A 999 motion, designed for budget fixes, increasingly used to hide pet projects.

Your Right to Know: Follow The Money
Your Right to Know

Follow The Money

Campaign finance bill will make it much tougher to identify what special interests are supporting politicians.