FeaturedJanuary 28 2020

Room nearly full for Tompkins election workshop

Nearly 100 journalists and broadcasters spent their Saturday on the UW-Madison campus learning about the 2020 election from Poynter Senior Faculty Al Tompkins. The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association with partners Google News Lab, UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and The Poynter Institute offered an intensive day of training to... - MORE -

CBS 58 expands weekend, morning newscasts

CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) in Milwaukee is expanding newscasts on both CBS 58 and WMLW. Beginning Saturday, the weekend editions of the CBS 58 News at 10 p.m. will become hour-long broadcasts with more news, weather, in-depth sports and political coverage. On Feb. 3, the CBS 58 Morning News, airing every... - MORE -

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  • Investigative reporting available for free
  • Time running out to register for election training from Al Tompkins
  • Proposal calls for more drone tracking
  • Plan for responses to change in newsrooms
  • Webinar focuses on election training

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  • State Justice Department Summary Open Meetings and Records law
  • Open Meetings Compliance Guide
  • Wisconsin Statutes at section 19.85.


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    State Legislative Process

    The Wisconsin legislative process was designed to be deliberative, which normally provides ample time and opportunity for input by all the public and individual legislators and for deliberation by both legislative bodies, consideration by the governor, and legislative oversight of implementation of legislative enactments. The process begins with the introduction... - MORE -