Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council

Every so often a case comes along that reminds us how valuable Wisconsin’s open records laws and open meeting laws are to the concept of a free press. Just such a case is now pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court — GPS Inc. v. the Town of St. Germain. GPS Inc., a contracting company, asked […]

Against the backdrop of bitter partisan fighting over the state budget, there was a flagrant act of good government committed in Madison this political season. In a spirit of bipartisanship seldom seen these days, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill that will go along way toward restoring Wisconsin’s time-honored reputation for open, clean government. The […]