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By Reeve Hamilton Originally published 2013 July 19 In June, a new entrant quietly joined the fray in the ongoing open records wars between the Legislature and the University of Texas System: Austin businessman Jeff Sandefer, who filed an open records request with state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, the former chairmwoman of the Senate Higher Education Committee Sandefer — the founder of the Acton School of Business, a private MBA program — is largely known in higher education circles for drafting a set of controversial reform proposals that Gov. Rick Perry encouraged university system regents to implement starting in 2008. The [...]
The 2013 Bernard and Audre Rapoport State Conference “Transparency in Texas.: How open is your government?” will convene on August 9, 2013 at the Sheraton Austin – Capitol. This year, conference panelists and speakers will include: Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake Tom “Smitty” Smith, Public Citizen Laura Prather, First Amendment attorney, Haynes & Boone Reeve Hamilton, Texas Tribune James Drew, The Dallas Morning News Craig McDonald, Texans for Public Justice Brian Collister, KTRK-TV Location: Sheraton Austin – Capitol, 701 E. 11th St., Austin, Texas 78701 Date: Friday, August 9, 2013 Time: 8:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fee: Early [...]
By BILL ZEEBLE Originally posted July 15, 20 Image Credit: Bill Zeeble / KERA News - Irving ISD’s school board during 7am meeting when they announced Debbie Cabrera as interim superintendent. President Steven Jones wears the purple shirt. Trustee Lee Mosty was absent.The Irving school board named an interim superintendent today, and it’s Debbie Cabrera. Her permanent job is associate superintendent of business services. But the board is still not talking about Monday’s resignation of Superintendent Dana Bedden. At this morning’s unusually early 7 o’clock board meeting, president Steven Jones refused to explain the philosophical differences between his board members and [...]
By Kolten Parker Posted July 15, 2013 In a public building with no restrictions on filming, Department of Public Safety officers blocked me and other reporters from filming the arrest of four abortion rights activists at the state Capitol Friday. A DPS officer moves reporter Kolten Parker away from the scene of arrest in the state Capitol July 12. At least 280 DPS officers were charged with containing thousands of protesters while maintaining a level of decorum in the senate required to have a debate and vote on House Bill 2, the controversial abortion omnibus bill. They accomplished their task with [...]
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