A few weeks ago, Wisconsin State Journal reporter Chris Rickert was using his cell phone to scan records in the office of the Dane County Clerk of Circuit Court, when an office staffer informed him that this was not allowed. Rickert complied, but followed up with an email to the office’s clerk of courts, Jeff… Read More: Column: Let the public copy court records »
Julia Westerman recently joined the sports team at CBS58 (WDJT-TV) in Milwaukee. Westerman spent four years at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, where she covered four-straight women’s Final Fours, complete with the Gamecocks’ undefeated national championship run in 2024. She was on the sidelines for countless SEC and ACC sporting events and made annual trips… Read More: Westerman joins CBS58 sports team »
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission’s new tries to make campaign finance information more accessible to the public. It $285,000 to build, and will cost more than $270,000 to maintain over two years, plus another $20,000 to eliminate erroneous and duplicative records, according to Daniel Carlton, administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. “The biggest gain for the… Read More: Column: Campaign finance site a big improvement »
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