Top Republican noncommittal on bipartisan fix to Wisconsin public records access problem

Top Republican noncommittal on bipartisan fix to Wisconsin public records access problem

Reading Time: 2 minutesA bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is pushing a fix to a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that hampered the public’s ability to obtain attorney fees in certain public records lawsuits against public officials — but the top Assembly Republican remains noncommittal about the bill.The case, Friends of Frame Park v. City of Waukesha, involved a public records dispute between the city and a citizen group. Waukesha was wor…