Tag: Open Records Request
Now State Elections Regulators Consider Pressuring Milwaukee Over Withheld Election Records
Aug 25, 2026
The search for answers from the City of Milwaukee is now escalating to the highest levels of state...
Milwaukee Election Commission Warns of “Months-Long” Delay for Primary Records
Aug 24, 2026
Get reporting like this in your inbox, free. After ten days of silence and a direct follow-up...
Wisconsin Doesn’t Need New Transparency Laws. It Needs to Codify Enforcement of the Ones It Has.
Jul 14, 2026
For much of the past two decades, I’ve been involved in Wisconsin’s fight over open government....
DPI’s “Portrait” of Secrecy: Why Won’t the State Reveal its Education Steering Committee Members?
Jun 4, 2026
When a state agency launches a massive new initiative to redefine what public education looks...
One Year Later: Dairyland Sentinel, Institute for Reforming Government Press DPI for Transparency on Forward Exam Changes
Jan 22, 2026
More than a year after first seeking public records related to changes to Wisconsin’s Forward Exam...
64 Days Later: Underly, DPI Refuse to Grant Access to Public Records Surrounding Lowering of State Ed Standards
Mar 26, 2025
Originally Published March 26, 2025 Sixty-four days have passed since the Dairyland Sentinel filed...
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Highlights Measures to Promote Government Transparency Through Public Records
Mar 19, 2025
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released a report Tuesday titled “Shining a...
Wisconsin Lawmakers Probe DPI Over School Report Cards, Testing Standards
Mar 5, 2025
March 5, 2025 State legislators kicked off an audit Tuesday targeting the Wisconsin Department of...
Dairyland Sentinel Files Records Request with DPI Over Forward Exam Benchmark Changes
Jan 21, 2025
Originally published, January 21, 2025 The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has...
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Wisconsin Daily Trivia
October 5, 2026
Which Wisconsin county has the largest land area?


