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Posted inOpinion

Your Right to Know: Let the sunshine in!

by Mark Pitsch March 1st, 2018July 9th, 2018 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

In my career as a journalist, I have encountered many public officials who respect government openness and transparency. There was the state records custodian who turned over dozens of her boss’s embarrassing emails after telling him that keeping them secret would violate the law. And the university staffers who pointed me to public information the […]

Posted inOpinion

Your Right to Know: Trump raises stakes for press, public

by Mark Pitsch February 1st, 2017July 9th, 2018
Posted inOpinion

Your Right to Know: Records advocates plan traveling show

by Mark Pitsch March 1st, 2016July 9th, 2018
Posted inOpinion

Your Right to Know: Walker, Burke weigh in on openness

by Mark Pitsch October 1st, 2014July 9th, 2018
Posted inOpinion

Your Right to Know: Pull back veil on budget tweakers

by Mark Pitsch August 29th, 2013July 9th, 2018
Posted inWisWatch Blog

Let the sunshine in … please

by Mark Pitsch March 8th, 2012June 4th, 2014
Posted inOpen records, WisWatch Blog

Walker has mixed record on openness

by Mark Pitsch December 8th, 2011June 22nd, 2014
Posted inWisWatch Blog

Open government party, Gov. Walker’s invited

by Mark Pitsch March 11th, 2011June 22nd, 2014

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