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Keller ISD sues attorney general over survey results records request

FOIFT2014-12-10T14:35:49-06:00

Sandra Engelland Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Dec. 9, 2014 KELLER, Texas — Keller school district officials are suing the Texas Attorney General over an open records request related to last month’s bond election. Aaron Harris, who led the political action committee opposing the $169.5 million bond approved by voters, submitted a request for a copy of the individual responses to a survey the district funded to gauge public opinion on a possible bond package, along with any identifying information on respondents. Baselice and Associates, an Austin-based public opinion research firm specializing in political and public affairs issues, surveyed 453 respondents [...]

Keller ISD sues attorney general over survey results records requestFOIFT2014-12-10T14:35:49-06:00

Texans to fight to keep sales prices of land, homes and offices private

FOIFT2014-12-08T14:18:11-06:00

By Jan Buchholz Austin Business Journal Originally published Dec. 1, 2014 A coalition of powerful business and real estate organizations are lining up to oppose any legislative attempt next year to require the mandatory disclosure of sales prices of Texas properties. Texas currently is one of about a dozen states that does not require mandatory sales price disclosure. Austin Business Journal reported about the hot topic two years ago before the last legislative session. The Texas Association of Business, North Texas chapter of NAIOP, Texas chapter of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Texas Association of Builders, Texas Self Storage Association, [...]

Texans to fight to keep sales prices of land, homes and offices privateFOIFT2014-12-08T14:18:11-06:00

Greater Houston Partnership to end public contracts to avoid information requests

FOIFT2014-12-05T15:18:05-06:00

By Mark Collette and Mike Morris Houston Chronicle Originally published Dec. 4, 2014 Greater Houston Partnership will terminate contracts with Houston, Harris County and surrounding governments, worth about $1 million per year, to avoid fulfilling public information requests, county and GHP officials said Thursday. GHP President Bob Harvey said the group is terminating the deals "in part due to the misperception that we are somehow beholden to the government agencies by virtue of these contracts." Recent court rulings forced GHP's hand, he said in an email. "As a chamber of commerce representing the business community of Houston and as the regional [...]

Greater Houston Partnership to end public contracts to avoid information requestsFOIFT2014-12-05T15:18:05-06:00

New Texas House rules to require press members to affirm they do not lobby

FOIFT2014-12-04T18:06:21-06:00

By John Reynolds The Texas Tribune Originally published Dec. 4, 2014 Members of the press will continue to be allowed on the House floor in the upcoming legislative session, but they will now be required to affirm that they do not lobby, according to procedures adopted Thursday morning by the legislative panel that manages operations of the Texas House. The normally routine procedure of credentialing media organizations received more scrutiny than usual after the conservative group AgendaWise filed suit after being denied floor access last legislative session. That suit was recently thrown out by a state appeals court after judges decided [...]

New Texas House rules to require press members to affirm they do not lobbyFOIFT2014-12-04T18:06:21-06:00

AG rules against information request on San Antonio’s homeland security funds

FOIFT2014-12-02T14:21:30-06:00

By Mark Reagan San Antonio Current Originally published Dec. 1, 2014 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and heir to the Lone Star State's governorship, recently ruled against an open records request we filed. After a black man named Michael Brown was killed earlier this year by a white cop named Darren Wilson, we watched and listened, like most of the nation, as Ferguson, Missouri, erupted into protests against the police. During the ensuing months, many conversations about race and policing became prevalent on TV screens and in news publications. One topic repeatedly visited by pundits and at coffee tables around the [...]

AG rules against information request on San Antonio’s homeland security fundsFOIFT2014-12-02T14:21:30-06:00

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