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Your Right to Know column: Officials use digital dodges to hide records The disturbing trend toward using digital dodges to evade Wisconsin’s Open Records Law extends far beyond the university. Written By: David Armiak / Center for Media and Democracy | 12:00 pm, May 14, 2021 × David Armiak In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten univ...

Walker, Ryan, Priebus pushed business-friendly policies. The result: an abysmal failure. By Dan Shafer - May 12th, 2021 03:47 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee In 2017, the big players in the “Cheesehead Revolution” gathered at the Trump White House to celebrate the state landing the Foxconn deal. Photo via White House archives. There was a certain inevitably to the news that the state of Wisconsin had finalized a renegotiated contract with Foxconn. This was a long time coming. Donald Trump called it the ...

View Comments In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities. “I would be delighted to share information,” Blank responded in an email chain begun last August by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, “but perhaps we can do this through the Big 10 portal, which will assure confidentiality?” Blank apologized after the story broke, but d...

Opinion: UW-Madison chancellor and state legislators use digital dodges to hide records from the public David Armiak © Journal Sentinel files University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank in her office in Bascom Hall on the campus in Madison. In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities. “I would be delighted to share informati...

May 3, 2021 - 10:54am Photo credit: Abmurken In March,  The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities. "I would be delighted to share information," Blank responded in an email chain begun last August by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, "but perhaps we can do this through the Big 10 portal, which will assure confidentiality?" Blank apologized...