FeaturedMay 7 2026

Maloney joins Big Radio as reporter, anchor

Southern Wisconsin’s Big Radio group has hired Sean Maloney to pick up news reporter and anchoring duties for the cluster’s stations including WCLO in Janesville and four other stations in the cluster. Maloney was most recently the sports director and announcer at WFAW, WSJY, and WKCH in Fort Atkinson.   WCLO... - MORE -

FOIC issues statement on Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council issued a statement this week after the release of a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision affecting open records law: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s today in Friends of Frame Park vs. City of Waukesha is a body blow to the state’s traditions of open government. It... - MORE -

Jim Wilson joins TMJ4 as chief photographer

Jim Wilson is joining TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee as chief photographer. Wilson has won a Peabody Award, is a five-time National Murrow Award winner and is in the . Wilson started as a photojournalist at Fox 6 (WITI-TV) in Milwaukee more than 30 years ago. He eventually became Chief Photojournalist, then... - MORE -

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    Wisconsin Open Meetings & Records Law

    Civic and legislative leaders of Wisconsin have always felt strongly about the importance of having the public aware of what their governmental bodies are doing. Wisconsin law, with very few exceptions, requires that such meetings be held publicly in places reasonably accessible to members of the public, and that such... - MORE -
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    Actual Laws and Important Case References

    You can find the complete text of the state’s open records law and a listing of current and significant cases where the law was tested, and the latest opinions of the Attorney General relating to open records law, at the Wisconsin Freedom Of Information Council’s website. Home Page Open Records ... - MORE -