Bruce Hoesly, Revising Attorney/Code Editor at the Legislative Reference Bureau, tells me that the survey which I posted here last week on whether the Wisconsin Admin Code should go paperless generated quite a bit of …
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WI Admin Code to Go Paperless? Share Your Opinion
The Legislative Reference Bureau is considering changing to an Internet-based publishing system for the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register. It may include RSS and alert features. They would be interested in hearing your opinion on …
Search and Compare Pending State Legislation with BillFinder
In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Bev Butula discusses a useful service called BillFinder which “helps you find any bill eligible for consideration in the current calendar year using either keywords and phrases or bill …
Article: Huge shortfall forces Legislature to push Department of Revenue to collect
From the Badger Herald: Wisconsin taxpayers would face more audits and revenue agents would pursue more of those who owe back taxes under a plan approved Tuesday to help close the state’s budget shortfall. The …
Are Student Government Records Subject to State's Open Record Laws?
“A group of college reporters asked Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Wednesday for his opinion on whether Wisconsin’s open records and meetings laws apply to University of Wisconsin System student government.” Read more at …
WI Bill Would Require Employers to Notify of E-Mail Monitoring
Wisconsin Radio Network reports that “a public hearing Tuesday from the Legislature’s Committee on Personal Privacy took up a bill that would require employers to annually notify their workers of email monitoring.” The bill in …
Bill Would Disallow Caucus Exemption in Open Records Law
The Wisconsin State Journal reports on a new bill (Assembly Bill 143) which would remove the open meetings law exemption for partisan caucus activities. From the bill analysis: Currently, under the open meetings law, with …
State Open Government Bill Would Clarify Public Access to Bill Drafts
State Representative Louis J. Molepske, Jr. re-introduced the Open Government Act, legislation which attempts to clarify when bill drafts should be made available to the public. From a media release from Rep. Molepske: This bill …
WI Bill Would Require Repeat Domestic Abusers to Wear Tracking Device
State representative Scott Suder is sponsoring a bi-partisan bill that will allow courts to make repeat domestic abusers wear a satellite tracking device. Read more from the Marshfield News Herald. In a time of major …
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