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Texas FOI News

  • Open government bills moving forward at Texas Capitol April 6, 2019
  • Texas Tribune Analysis: Some of the secrets of Texas government aren’t supposed to be secrets March 25, 2019
  • No right to know? Texas public records get harder and harder to acquire March 19, 2019
  • Sunshine Week: Free speech, public’s right to know under attack in Texas, so let’s act now March 11, 2019
  • Legislators hear testimony on closing police loophole in Texas Public Information Act February 28, 2019

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Our FOI Hotline (800) 580-6651 is available to anyone with a question concerning the Texas Public Information and Texas Open Meetings acts.

Video from Recent Events

Click here: FOIFT Conference 2018 - Sunshine Coalition: Why We Need It

Click here: FOIFT 2018 - Information Roadblocks and Reporting Difficult Stories

Click here: FOIFT 2018 - Free Speech on Campus: Are There Limits?

Click here: FOIFT 2018 - First Amendment attorney Laura Prather receives the James Madison Award, presented by former Sen. Don Adams

Click here: FOIFT 2018 - Keynote Speaker Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar

A Texas Public Policy Foundation panel discussion from March 29, 2018, moderated by former FOI Foundation board member Ross Ramsey and featuring current board member Laura Prather, plus others. You can pull the video link from here: foift.org.

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RSS NFOIC National & State FOI News

  • Texas Senate approves Kirk Watson bill aimed at bolstering Public Information Act April 18, 2019
  • ONMA legislative update, including pending open government issues April 17, 2019
  • Law extends Colorado open records to internal police probes April 16, 2019
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