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Elmbrook school board leadership fined for 2020 meetings violation

The leadership of the Elmbrook School Board will pay small fines, and the attorney for the woman who filed a complaint against them will receive more than $13,000 under an agreement filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court to resolve a five-year-old case that arose out of a violation of the state Open Meetings Law.

Godlewski launches public records database 

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski recently announced the launch of a new, online, searchable database of public records — marking the latest step in what she says is her office’s commitment to transparency, accessibility, and modernization.

WTMJ files complaint against St. Francis School District

Milwaukee TV station WTMJ-4 has filed a complaint alleging the St. Francis School Board violated the state’s open meetings law by prohibiting a reporter and her photographer from attending and filming a school board meeting.

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