Gov. Evers: Wisconsin Department of Justice to release more than 10,000 records to Republican lawmaker
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has reached a settlement on behalf of Gov. Tony Evers in a lawsuit filed by Republican state Rep. John Nygren, who initiated a costly legal battle with the governor’s office rather than work collaboratively to resolve an overly broad request for public records. The legislature has exempted itself from the open records laws that apply to the governor and hundreds of other government entities and officials around the state. Rep. Nygren asked for every document that contained one or more common terms, such as “mental health” or the names of several lawmakers. In