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NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake to keynote FOI Foundation conference

FOIFT2026-06-22T09:55:07-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 AUSTIN - Garrett Haake, chief White House correspondent for NBC News, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas state conference. The FOI Foundation annual conference emphasizes the importance of government transparency and the First Amendment rights of free speech and a free press. It will take place Sept. 18, 2026, at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Haake, who has strong ties to Texas, earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Southern Methodist University. In addition to covering the White House, [...]

NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake to keynote FOI Foundation conferenceFOIFT2026-06-22T09:55:07-05:00

Open Government Seminar set for June 18 in Dallas-Fort Worth

FOIFT2026-05-26T16:10:26-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOI Foundation of Texas to hold Open Government Seminar on June 18 in Dallas-Fort Worth AUSTIN – The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas is holding an Open Government Seminar in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Thursday, June 18, 2026, featuring training in state open meetings and public records laws. The free seminar will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency DFW, Grapevine Room, 2334 N. International Pkwy, DFW Airport. The nonprofit FOI Foundation of Texas is conducting the seminar in cooperation with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. The Texas Press Association is [...]

Open Government Seminar set for June 18 in Dallas-Fort WorthFOIFT2026-05-26T16:10:26-05:00

FOIFT announces Ralph Langer and Joel White scholarship recipients

FOIFT2026-05-05T11:11:11-05:00

For Immediate Release April 30, 2026 FOI Foundation announces 2026-27 journalism and law school scholarship recipients AUSTIN – Journalism student William Fry of Texas Tech University has been selected to receive this year’s Ralph Langer Scholarship awarded by the nonprofit Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The FOI Foundation also has selected Casey McKee of the University of Houston Law Center as the recipient of the Joel White Scholarship for law school students in Texas. “Both students have demonstrated a strong commitment to journalism and protecting free speech and free press rights. We salute their important work and their desire for [...]

FOIFT announces Ralph Langer and Joel White scholarship recipientsFOIFT2026-05-05T11:11:11-05:00

Transportation agency tries to keep public comments about highway expansion secret from the public

FOIFT2026-04-27T10:18:20-05:00

By Andrew Wheat and Shelby Ligon Austin Free Press Originally published April 24, 2026 Public comments on plans to widen Austin’s MoPac Expressway should not be publicly released, according to the local highway entity promoting that road expansion. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority argues that, for now, the public comments are “confidential by law” and fall under protected, deliberative “interagency” communications — a stance that public information experts say pushes government secrecy to Orwellian extremes by keeping the public’s own input out of public view. -- Two Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas board members, John Bridges and Joe Larsen, [...]

Transportation agency tries to keep public comments about highway expansion secret from the publicFOIFT2026-04-27T10:18:20-05:00

Open Government Seminar planned for May 19 in El Paso

FOIFT2026-04-16T10:50:58-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2026 FOI Foundation of Texas to hold Open Government Seminar on May 19 in El Paso AUSTIN – The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas is holding an Open Government Seminar in El Paso on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, featuring training in state open meetings and public records laws. The free seminar will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the El Paso Community Foundation, 333 N. Oregon St., on the first floor. The nonprofit FOI Foundation of Texas is offering the seminar in cooperation with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. “The training sessions [...]

Open Government Seminar planned for May 19 in El PasoFOIFT2026-04-16T10:50:58-05:00

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