KEEP OUR GOVERNMENT OPEN

BY KATRINA SHANKLAND Representative (D) Stevens Point It’s been one year since Republican legislators brazenly attacked and diminished Wisconsin’s proud tradition of open and transparent government. While many Wisconsinites were making plans for cookouts and fireworks with friends and family to celebrate America’s independence, Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee were busy unanimously voting to gut our state’s open records law, restrict your freedom to access your government, and shield themselves from the very citizens who elect them. Fortunately, the backlash to this proposal was swift and severe. Legislative Democrats, media ...