Transparency advocates plot next moves
‘A setback for transparency’ – Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses decades of legal precedent to weaken open records law
Wisconsin state legislators give themselves a ‘bizarre’ loophole in the Open Records Law
In Wisconsin, public officials generally must retain all public records, which includes emails. But state legislators have no legal obligation to do so.
CARTOON: Wisconsin state legislators and the Open Records Law
According to the state’s Open Records Law, every public official in Wisconsin must keep their records should anyone from the public want to see them. Except for state legislators.
