Court orders board members to pay forfeitures, reimburse plaintiff for attorney fees Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge William V. Gruber has ruled that Town of Palmyra Board members violated Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law on five occasions, in a case brought by local resident and former board member Weenonah Brattset.  The judge’s ruling requires the Town to reimburse Brattset for over $35,000 in attorney fees and court costs and issues forfeitures against Town Board chair

Town Board met secretly; other Town meetings held without proper notice The Wisconsin Transparency Project has filed a lawsuit in Oconto County Circuit Court alleging that the Town of Abrams Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission held multiple illegal meetings from July through September.  Because the process of approving the rezoning of prime agricultural land into a residential subdivision was so flawed, he is asking Judge Jay N. Conley for a temporary injunction hal

Journalism non-profit seeks records of LEOs on DOJ’s “flagged officer” list The Badger Project ’s third lawsuit  in the last two months...

Journalism non-profit seeks records of LEOs on DOJ’s “flagged” list The Badger Project has filed two lawsuits in recent weeks...