An editorial from the Racine Journal Times this weekend writes about our fight with State Representative Jonathan Brostoff over his refusal to provide electronic copies of records we had requested:
Wisconsin added another chapter to its litigious history of skirmishes with lawmakers over ...
Tom Kamenick urges lawmakers to prioritize ease and availability of open records
February 28, 2018 - Milwaukee, WI - Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) Deputy Counsel Tom Kamenick testified Tuesday on the importance of open government to the Assembly Committee on Constitution and ...
The following blog post was written by WILL Senior Counsel, Mike Fischer, and WILL Policy Intern, Elena Ramlow.
A Debate Coming in 2017: Civil Forfeiture Reform
Concerned citizens across the political spectrum agree that it is an abuse of property rights and freedom for the government ...
Court will hear open meetings and 4th Amendment cases next year
October 11, 2016 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear two of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty's cases today, a first for the public interest law firm founded in 2011. The first case, Krueger ...
The Janesville gazette reports that the Milton School Board shut down a meeting Monday night because they were too flustered by a citizen recording them. Local resident John Fena quietly set up a video camera to record the proceedings – something expressly allowed by Wisconsin’s Open Meetings ...
WILL Deputy Counsel and Litigation Manager Tom Kamenick was out on the road last week, part of a seminar on open government. Panelists featured journalists and other practitioners and represented all political persuasions. From the Wausau Daily Herald:
"Other experts with the roadshow came ...