A recent Wisconsin appeals court ruling regarding closed sessions has positive implications for government openness.

Jim Davel, administrator for Shawano County, Wisconsin, said the inclusion of his community must have been a clerical error. Davel voted for Trump as did 67% of Shawano County.

Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee rejected calls to add more permanent staff and approved transferring $5 million in licensing fees to the general fund.

Waiver use has increased because the number of required vaccines and the legal protections given to vaccine manufacturers have “fueled skepticism about vaccine safety and testing rigor,” Wisconsin ...