By Valerie Gonzalez
The Monitor
Originally published Nov. 27, 2021
An open government advocate said this week that if Texas legislators are one day successful in closing a loophole in the state’s public information act, municipalities such as Rio Grande City would no longer be able to work around certain requirements — such as responding to requests.
The handling of a recent request for public information from Rio Grande City became the latest example of such a loophole in the Texas Public Information Act.