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Author: Olivia Herken

January: Remote access to meetings is not ideal

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020Olivia Herken

As a local government reporter, I watch a lot of public meetings — from city councils and county boards, to criminal intake hearings and public listening sessions, to basically everything in-between. It has not been a walk in the park. Many meetings have cut-out mid-livestream, with those in the meeting carrying on anyway, essentially operating […]

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Wisconsin Supreme Court punts on John Doe records fight

It will be up to a Brown County circuit court judge to decide the fate of thousands of pages of evidence collected during the probe.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is punting for now on an ongoing fight over records collected during the now-closed secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker and Republican

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