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Your Right to Know: End Wisconsin’s secretive ‘pocket veto’

Apr. 3, 2023

Members of the state legislature's powerful budget committee often impede projects or programs they don't like by sidestepping state law in order to exercise a secretive "pocket veto," Wisconsin Watch recently revealed.

In his 2023-25 budget, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing to do away with this process when it comes to conservation and recreational projects paid for by stewardship funds. But GOP lawmakers have already vowed to rip up the document and start over, leaving little chance the Legislature will adopt Evers’ idea, Dee J. Hall writes in the most recent "Your Right to Know" column from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Late season snow memories

Apr. 3, 2023

Late season snow storms always take me back to March 24, 1979 in the tiny town of Franklin in Jackson County.

Divorce: Don’t forget to divide your retirement plans – or it may haunt you later

Mar. 30, 2023

Imagine this scenario: You just completed your divorce case. The case lasted 120 days and you are anxious to move on with the next phase of your life. You

Wisconsin conservation funding down, even as participation in outdoor activities rises

Mar. 29, 2023

Wisconsin is a longstanding national leader in enjoying and protecting its abundant natural resources.

The Season of hope

Mar. 27, 2023

In the course of my writing over the years, the topic of spring is among my most frequent musings.

Evers’ building budget roadblocked by GOP

Mar. 27, 2023

There’s the two-year budget plan that gets a lot of attention at the Capitol.

WNA names 2022 Newspapers of the Year

Mar. 24, 2023

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation honored the work of newspapers across the state during its 2022 Better Newspaper Contest Awards Banquet on Friday, March 24, at The Madison Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison, Wis.

More Wisconsin schools turn to short-term “emergency” teaching licenses

Mar. 21, 2023

In just the past decade, the number of emergency teaching licenses in Wisconsin has nearly tripled, suggesting schools are facing increasing challenges from staff shortages and high turnover in areas such as special education.

Cut down a notch

Mar. 20, 2023

Experience is the teacher of all things.

WNA president Pat Reilly testifies in support of Senate Bill 117

Mar. 17, 2023

WNA President Pat Reilly on Thursday testified in support of legislation that would allow for the recovery of attorney fees and costs under the state's public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

Senate Bill 117, co-sponsored by Republicans Sen. Duey Stroebel and Rep. Todd Novak, rolls back a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision from 2022 that restricted the public’s ability to recover fees when suing for records.