All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government.
Your Right to Know
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: Costs shouldn’t be used to deter records requests
Refusing to provide information on teacher misconduct, or charging prohibitive fees for such records, is antithetical to school districts’ legal duty — and moral obligation — of transparency.
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: ‘No comment’ is no help to the public
In a trend spanning multiple levels of government and political parties, public officials are increasingly avoiding answering inconvenient questions about matters of public concern.
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: Ann Walsh Bradley and the cause of openness
For the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.
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Your Right to Know: When transparency is disregarded
Recent weeks have brought forth two of the most egregious violations of the public’s right to know in Wisconsin.
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: Want a closed session? Explain yourself!
A recent Wisconsin appeals court ruling regarding closed sessions has positive implications for government openness.