GOP leaders start enforcing ban on recording committee hearings

Legislative Republicans have begun enforcing rules that bar members of the public from recording committee proceedings with WisconsinEye off the air.

Dem Rep. Clinton Anderson slammed it as an attempt to restrict public access. But a spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said it was just a reminder of longstanding rules.

“With WisconsinEye gone, and more instances of videotaping in committee hearings, we felt it was important to reaffirm the long-established rules of the Assembly,” said Luke Wolff.

WisconsinEye has been off the air since Dec. 15 due to funding shortfalls. This is the first week of legislative hearings since the network went dark, and WisPolitics reporters have witnessed several examples this week of the longstanding — but little known — rule being enforced in committee hearings.


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