RELEASE THE NAMES, LAWMAKERS URGE DOYLE, TOO, SAYS CLERKS SHOULD DROP COURT FIGHT AND RELEASE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE GOTTEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED LEGAL HELP.(FRONT)

From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: May 7, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Phil Brinkman State government reporter

Legislators and the state's top law enforcement official are urging the chief clerks of the state Assembly and Senate to give up their court fight against releasing the names of employees who have received taxpayer-funded legal help.

The clerks lost the first round of that fight Friday, when a Dane County judge ruled in favor of three newspapers that are seeking the records. Both said they plan to ask the judge t...