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Madison, Wisconsin
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November's "Your Right to Know" is by Madison journalist Robert Chappell of Madison365. It concerns public officials' use of messaging services such as Signal chat that have the ability to delete communications after they are sent.
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September's "Your Right to Know" column concerns the ability of clerks of court to prohibit the public from using personal electronic devices to make copies of court records and thereby save copy costs. By Bill Lueders, the Council's president. wisfoic.org/september-let-th…
Our latest "Your Right to Know" column is from Council member Chali Pittman, regarding the Wisconsin Ethics Commission's improved portal for obtaining campaign finance information on state candidates. wisfoic.org/august-campaign-…
July's "Your Right To Know": Madison resident and blogger Alex Saloutos writes about how ordinary citizens can successfully push back against wrongful denials of open records requests. wisfoic.org/july-anyone-can-…
This month's "Your Right To Know" is by Peter Cameron of The Badger Project, concerning controversial efforts to obtain a list of all law enforcement officers in Wisconsin. wisfoic.org/june-names-of-po…
How to solve high record costs and long delays: May’s "Your Right to Know" from Tom Kamenick, council member and founder of the Wisconsin Transparency Project wisfoic.org/may-how-to-solve…
April's "Your Right to Know": Jump start your open records requests with these resources from Council Vice President Christa Westerberg. wisfoic.org/april-how-to-jum…
Yesterday we held the Opees, our annual awards for the best and worst in open government news. youtube.com/watch?v=YFLWFLK4…
The Council has named the winners of its 20th annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees. These recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, as well as highlight some threats to it. wisfoic.org/march-opees-high…
And a reminder of our Sunshine Week event in Madison on March 19... teapawt.net/WisFOIC/status/2026052…
Celebrate Sunshine Week with WisFOIC and watch our annual Opee Awards on March 19 at Rigby Pub at 5 p.m.
In this month's "Your Right to Know," the difficulties that immigrants face in obtaining government records to prevent their deportation, as described by Elisabeth Lambert of the Wisconsin Education Law and Policy Hub. wisfoic.org/february-a-foia-…
This month's "Your Right to Know" is by Jon Henkes, president and CEO of WisconsinEye. It deals with that group's current financial difficulties. wisfoic.org/january-protect-…
Our latest monthly "Your Right to Know" column... Written by Bennet Goldstein of Wisconsin Watch, it deals with excessive redactions on documents related to regulatory actions. wisfoic.org/december-the-pro…
Sam Martino was a long-time member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and a dear friend to many in Wisconsin journalism. He's been inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame. wnanews.com/2025/11/14/sam-m…
This month's "Your Right To Know" concerns the public's interest in knowing what is planned for the construction of data centers in Wisconsin. From Tom Content, the executive director of the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin. wisfoic.org/november-data-ce…
Our "Your Right To Know" column for October concerns the outlandish cost demands made by school districts in response to the paper's records requests. It was written by @CapTimes editor and WisFOIC Secretary Mark Treinen. wisfoic.org/october-costs-sh…
Our September "Your Right To Know" column, written by council member Jim Malewitz of Wisconsin Watch, concerns the troublesome trend of public officials who refuse to comment on their public actions. wisfoic.org/september-no-com…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is now without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government, Council Vice President Christa Westerberg writes wisfoic.org/august-ann-walsh…
"The radio show that you can see right through." "Transparency Talk" is WisFOIC president Bill Lueders and Wisconsin Transparency Project's Tom Kamenick giving fresh takes on Wisconsin's open records and open meetings issues. wortfm.org/news-talk/news/io…
