A Very Telling Silence

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gives a commencement speech at Concordia University of Wisconsin Friday, May 16, 2014, in Mequon, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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The immediate threat to Wisconsin’s public records law seems to have passed, but the question of who was behind the move to essentially eliminate it remains very live.

We now have the state legislature’s Republican leaders admitting they knew about it in advance, but Gov. Scott Walker still mum on the subject — which may tell you everything you need to know.

Here’s the latest on who know what and when.

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