Episode Details

It’s Sunshine Week, an annual celebration highlighting the importance of government transparency and the public’s right to access information. But state law is struggling to keep up with the recent data center boom. And developers are using heavy redactions and NDAs to keep Wisconsinites in the dark. Tom Kertscher, a reporter at Wisconsin Watch, joined our News Producer Faye Parks to explain what’s being hidden – and what can be done to end this culture of secrecy. Image courtesy: City of Port Washington, a rendering of the data center campus currently under construction.