Now in its third year, the Center for Integrity in News Reporting Awards will present six $25,000 cash prizes, including a new category for Investigative Reporting, alongside awards for Print, Broadcast, Cable Network, Digital Reporting, and reporting by members of the White House Correspondents’ Association.
A bipartisan measure seeking to open a competitive bidding process to solicit bids for a statewide public affairs network — a service that’s been provided by WisconsinEye for the last 18 years — while also providing temporary funds to keep WisconsinEye’s cameras running in the meantime cleared the state Senate Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The News/Media Alliance applauded the Supreme Court of the United States for its Feb. 20, 2026 decision declaring the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs as unlawful.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department traditionally has been self-supporting financially, but that could change under a state legislative bill that also seeks an exemption from the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
Sunshine Week, set for March 15-21, 2026, is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government.
State Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk, R-Town of Erin, had four bills passed by the State Assembly, on Thursday, which aim to make government more accountable and transparent. The four bills included Assembly Bill (AB) 669, AB 757, AB 907 and AB 908.
After the Vilas County district attorney took the rare step of issuing an ultimatum, the town of Presque Isle met a Jan. 30 deadline for turning over requested records to The Lakeland Times.
Bipartisan legislation to give WisconsinEye, the state’s version of C-SPAN, taxpayer funds to publicly broadcast state government functions unanimously cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Wisconsin Senate committees — controlled by Republicans in the majority — are increasingly using paper ballots instead of meeting publicly in person to debate and vote on bills.
A civil rights complaint has been filed with the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division against Clintonville School Board President Glen Drew Lundt by district resident Michael Engel.