Shamane Mills, WPR: Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Public’s Right To Emails Under Open Records Law

Extract from Shamane Mills’ article “Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Public’s Right To Emails Under Open Records Law”

The Wisconsin Appeals Court has affirmed a lower-court decision regarding the state’s open records law and whether requested information has to be given electronically when that’s the format asked for.

Wednesday’s decision upheld a Dane County Circuit Court ruling requiring Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, to turn over emails requested by Bill Lueders, editor of The Progressive.

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