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Grand jury investigates secrecy allegations in Irving ISD

FOIFT2014-01-14T03:01:15-06:00

By Avi Selk The Dallas Morning News Originally published Nov. 1, 2013 During a bitter power struggle in the spring, four Irving ISD school board members accused their colleague Steven Jones of breaking state laws and district policies. They asked the state to investigate him. But the state declined, and then the tables turned. A grand jury is now investigating the four trustees after Jones complained that their request was illegal. “He’s trying to destroy us over false accusations,” former board President Ronda Huffstetler said after she learned last week of the investigation, which could lead to a criminal trial if [...]

Grand jury investigates secrecy allegations in Irving ISDFOIFT2014-01-14T03:01:15-06:00

FOI Foundation supports Victoria Advocate information request

FOIFT2013-11-04T15:38:17-06:00

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas has submitted comments to the Texas Attorney General's Office in support of the Victoria Advocate, which is requesting information from Calhoun County about a federal lawsuit settlement. Read more in this Nov. 2 news report by Jessica Priest of the Advocate.

FOI Foundation supports Victoria Advocate information requestFOIFT2013-11-04T15:38:17-06:00

Perry defends regent’s records request

FOIFT2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

By Jay Root The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 30, 2013 Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called the ongoing impeachment investigation into University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall “extraordinary political theater,” and said his appointee’s quest for voluminous records from the University of Texas at Austin was justified. A legislative committee is mulling whether to draw up articles of impeachment against Hall, who has been accused of overstepping the bounds of his authority by making burdensome requests of UT-Austin staff, misrepresenting information about himself on his application to be a regent and mishandling private student information. Hall and his attorneys have strongly [...]

Perry defends regent’s records requestFOIFT2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

Texas Ethics Commission to hold secret proceeding on complaint

FOIFT2013-10-28T14:59:00-05:00

By Ross Ramsey The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 28, 2013 State ethics regulators are weighing complaints sparked by the political campaigning and legislative influence of the conservative gadfly Michael Quinn Sullivan, Empower Texans and related organizations. But you won’t get a chance to watch most of it. Two lawmakers accused Sullivan and his organizations of breaking the state’s election laws while inveighing against moderate Republicans in the 2012 primaries, and of violating the state’s lobby reporting laws in their conversations with lawmakers. The Texas Ethics Commission has scheduled a confidential hearing for Tuesday — its second — as it decides [...]

Texas Ethics Commission to hold secret proceeding on complaintFOIFT2013-10-28T14:59:00-05:00

Lawyers withdraw motion to bar public from teen suspect’s trial

FOIFT2013-10-25T17:00:35-05:00

By Mitch Mitchell Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Oct. 22, 2013 FORT WORTH — The attorneys for a 14-year-old accused of killing his 5-year-old neighbor withdrew a request to bar the public from the trial during a hearing on Tuesday. The 14-year-old suspect, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, confessed to killing Sida Osman by hitting him twice in the head with a bowling ball while the two boys were in the fenced back yard of a vacant house in the 4800 block of Lois Street. Osman’s body was found June 26, more than 18 hours after [...]

Lawyers withdraw motion to bar public from teen suspect’s trialFOIFT2013-10-25T17:00:35-05:00

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