Scott Walker orders quicker responses to records requests

Noted: In July, the GOP governor and Republican legislative leaders spearheaded an effort to gut the open records law, but they backed off within days after facing a public backlash. Walker has defended a decision to withhold some records about a budget provision — a proposal later disavowed by the governor — that would have rewritten the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement, removing from it the Wisconsin Idea that says its purpose is to improve people’s lives beyond the classroom.