One month after pledge, Evers shows no progress on government transparency
The News: It has been one month since Governor Tony Evers’ administration pledged to “better present accurate information about public records to the public." Evers’ promise came in response to a WILL report, released ...
WILL amicus brief argued law requires public officials to provide electronic records upon request.
The News: Today, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that when a record request specifically asks for documents in electronic format, the record custodian must provide those records in ...
Legislature approves administrative rulemaking reforms, tax reform; maintains DPI oversight
The extraordinary session began in both the Assembly and Senate yesterday and was still going on while most Wisconsinites were eating breakfast this morning. A lot of changes were made, and in the end a ...
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports on our efforts urging the court to force state lawmakers to turn over electronic records when electronic records are asked for:
Conservative and government transparency advocates asked Wisconsin appeals court judges to reject a state lawmaker's argument ...
Rep. wants over $3,200 to print e-mails that were requested electronically
February 16, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI - The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (“WILL”) has sued State Representative Jonathan Brostoff (D-Milwaukee) in Dane County Circuit Court for violating the State’s Open ...