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El Paso council item to limit open records access criticized

2016-03-06T19:53:25-06:00

By Elida S. Perez El Paso Times Originally published March 5, 2016 The City Council will have what an expert said is a pointless discussion about trying to restrict a class of individuals from requesting city records through the Texas Public Information Act. “They can’t just take it upon themselves to cut off whole classes of people from requesting records,” said Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Executive Director Kelley Shannon. “They have to treat everyone equally under the law.” An item on Tuesday’s agenda, requested by city Rep. Emma Acosta, calls for "discussion and action regarding open records requests released to person(s) [...]

El Paso council item to limit open records access criticized2016-03-06T19:53:25-06:00

Chesapeake Energy wants settlement with Fort Worth school district kept secret

2016-03-04T14:17:24-06:00

By Max B. Baker Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published March 2, 2016 When the Fort Worth school district sued Chesapeake Energy two years ago, it accused the company of using sham arrangements and outright fraud to subtract an untold amount of money from its royalty payments. The lawsuit stressed that the missing cash was being taken from an entity that does its business in an “open, ethical and honorable manner” as it serves more than 80,000 students from kindergarten to high school. Chesapeake, it seemed to be saying, was almost taking the money from school children themselves. Chesapeake — now facing [...]

Chesapeake Energy wants settlement with Fort Worth school district kept secret2016-03-04T14:17:24-06:00

Call for entries 2016: Spirit of FOI Award

2016-03-02T15:03:38-06:00

The FOI Foundation of Texas is pleased to announce 2016 guidelines for the Nancy Monson Spirit of FOI Award contest. The contest is open to newspaper, broadcast and online media. The Spirit of FOI Award recognizes outstanding work in promoting open government and the public’s right to know. The deadline for electronic submission of entries is Friday, May 6. Nominations must be for work published or broadcast in calendar year 2015. A nomination can be a single news story or series; an editorial or series of editorials; columns; editorial cartoons; or a community FOI project. There is a limit of one [...]

Call for entries 2016: Spirit of FOI Award2016-03-02T15:03:38-06:00

El Paso city spokeswoman’s records role ‘problematic’

2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

By Cindy Ramirez El Paso Times Originally published Feb. 24, 2016 An outside investigator found it "problematic" that the city's public information officer determined which documents should have been released to the El Paso Times under an open records request the newspaper filed last year. The public information officer, Juli Lozano, withheld two documents that other city officials had said were responsive to a Times request for records related to projects that were requested by City Council members, according to a report from Austin attorney Ross Fischer that was made public Wednesday. One of the documents that was withheld seems to contradict City Manager Tommy [...]

El Paso city spokeswoman’s records role ‘problematic’2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

Rangers report surfaces in Bland lawsuit; judge orders less redacted version, release of videos

2016-02-19T15:28:47-06:00

By Gabrielle Banks Houston Chronicle Originally published Feb. 18, 2016 Before Sandra Bland's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, they asked to see the complete Texas Rangers report detailing everything from the time of her traffic stop until she was found dead three days later in a Waller County Jail cell. Attorneys for the family have been requesting a copy of the document ever since Bland's death last July. The two-inch-thick Rangers report surfaced Thursday for the first time in a federal court hearing in preparation for the wrongful death trial scheduled for January. However, Bland's family members, who have become [...]

Rangers report surfaces in Bland lawsuit; judge orders less redacted version, release of videos2016-02-19T15:28:47-06:00

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