GOP hypocrisy: Keep in mind that Wisconsin Republicans had to be shamed into restoring funding for Wisconsin Eye

 

They are very selective when it comes to transparency.

Top headline:  The Recombobulation Area

Bottom headline:  Capital Times

Dan Shafer reports for The Recombobulation Area

So, as the calendar turned from 2025 to 2026, state government entered this post-Wisconsin Eye world. Losing transparency and real-time video access to what’s happening in state government was invariably going to be a real problem. 

That problem was soon made worse. Republican leadership in the state legislature began enforcing a set of rules — Assembly Rule 11, Assembly Rule 26, and Senate Rule 11, according to the Wisconsin Examiner — which essentially bar members of the public from recording, photographing or filming legislative proceedings, only allowing credentialed members of the media to do so.

Fortunately, Wisconsin Eye resumed operation on Feburary 3rd.

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