Bill Lueders was a young journalist at Madison’s Isthmus newspaper in the late 1980s when he learned the value of public records. Lueders want…
Civics education in schools across the country has been on the decline for the past five decades. Courses encouraging students to explore thei…
Many states, including Wisconsin, have public records laws. But that doesn’t mean requesters always get the records they seek, or even that th…
Even Staush Gruszynski didn’t want this to happen.
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA) was recently introduced in the House and has now been introduced in the Senate—and will benefit…
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Imagine that a developer has been lobbying your local town board to approve a controversial development. You file a record request asking for …
If you want to see all of the emails your mayor received and sent during the week of March 16-20, 2020, to find communications regarding the c…
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of relief and optimism that things will return to normal. Long-awaited family gath…
Bipartisan cooperation is, as we’ve often noted, in short supply in Washington, D.C. But we’re seeing an example of it with the Journalism Com…
MADISON—In Wisconsin, June Dairy Month is certainly something to celebrate.
In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the …
Quality local journalism is essential to creating an informed and engaged public and ensuring a thriving democracy. But local journalism has b…
