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PENDLETON — The National Weather Service in Pendleton is projecting rain and thunderstorms to move through the region during the next week. According to meteorologist Rob Brooks, the Weather Service is forecasting thunderstorms from Wednesday, July 28, through Friday, July 30, as temperatures rise to more than 100 degrees. Meanwhile, monsoon-like moisture is projected to create partly cloudy skies with occasional showers. Looking toward next week, Brooks said there is between a 30% and 40% chance of sparse showers on July 31 through Aug. 3.

Legislators wanted to keep harassment complaints secret. Gov. Tony Evers wisely vetoed a bill that would have done that. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel This bill should never have gotten to the governor’s desk. State lawmakers wanted to create an exception for themselves that likely would have made it harder for the public to see records about colleagues accused of, or disciplined for, harassment. The measure would have formally created a human resources office for the state Legislature but also kept disciplinary records and complaints against lawmakers confidential. The propo...

If you want to see all of the emails your mayor received and sent during the week of March 16-20, 2020, to find communications regarding the coronavirus outbreak, all you have to do is ask. Under state law, the mayor is required to retain these and provide them on request. If you want to see the emails that flowed between a given school district and a former superintendent regarding a school-siting controversy from several years ago, again, these are supposed to be preserved and provided. But if you ask your state senator or representative for something as simple as a copy of his or her sched...

It makes no sense that retention requirements apply to your local parks and recreation department but not to the positions in our state government that are most susceptible to corruption.

State law requires public officials to preserve emails, but lawmakers exempted themselves. By Larry Gallup - Jun 3rd, 2021 02:43 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Laptop. (CC0 Public Domain) If you want to see all of the emails your mayor received and sent during the week of March 16-20, 2020, to find communications regarding the coronavirus outbreak, all you have to do is ask. Under state law, the mayor is required to retain these and provide them on request. If you want to see the emails that flowed between a given school district and a former superintendent rega...