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Video of a "Tax Reform Roundtable" between Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and business interests was released to the State Journal after the closed nature of the meeting drew criticism.

The Dec. 9 meeting at Beloit College was led by Kleefisch and state Revenue Department Secretary Rick Chandler as part of a series of "Tax Reform Roundtables," and the video showed businesses lobbying for tax cuts, the State Journal reports.

The roundtable was closed to the public and a reporter was kept out of the meeting until it had nearly concluded. Subsequent roundtables have been open to the public.

"The story of tax reform kind of got lost in the minutiae of when the reporters were in or not in," Kleefisch told the State Journal about her decision to release the video.