Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Assembly Democrats bicker over government transparency

Gov. Scott Walker met criticisms from Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday with a challenge to implement stronger open records procedures in the Legislature.

Assembly Democrats lamented a host of recent Republican efforts they say have limited or attempted to limit open government in Wisconsin as they noted the one-year anniversary of a set of sweeping changes to the state's open records laws proposed by Republicans. Those changes were later abandoned after a massive public backlash. Continue…

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