FeaturedNovember 4 2026

Column: End Wisconsin’s secretive ‘pocket veto’ 

Recently, Wisconsin Watch how members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful budget committee secretly hold up projects or programs they don’t like.  They often do so, reporter Jacob Resneck found, without following a state law that the committee to schedule a hearing within 14 working days of such an objection. The hearings are designed to let… Read More: Column: End Wisconsin’s secretive ‘pocket veto’  »

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    Thumbnail Sketch of Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law

    A wallet-sized PDF summary of the Wisconsin Open Meetings and Open Records Laws has been developed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.  You will find this handy reference, which provides a quick layperson’s explanation of Wisconsin’s Open Meetings and Open Records Laws, under the “resources” section of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council’s website.