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Perry defends regent’s records request

2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

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 request2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

Texas Ethics Commission to hold secret proceeding on complaint

2013-10-28T14:59:00-05:00

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 complaint2013-10-28T14:59:00-05:00

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

2013-10-25T17:00:35-05:00

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 trial2013-10-25T17:00:35-05:00

Public has right to hear Dallas City Council discussion

2014-01-14T03:02:07-06:00

The Dallas Morning News Originally published Oct. 21, 2013 The Dallas City Council plans to meet behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss city staffers’ questionable activity impeding the local launch of Uber, an online car service. The public has a right to hear this discussion, in spite of the twisted rationale cited by Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Attorney Warren Ernst to keep it closed. Uber allows customers to use a mobile phone app to summon independent, licensed limousine drivers. That puts Uber in direct competition with traditional taxi companies like Yellow Cab. It’s easy and quick, though often more expensive. [...]

Public has right to hear Dallas City Council discussion2014-01-14T03:02:07-06:00

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigation

2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 22, 2013 After years of simmering tension, a slate of long-awaited hearings that begin Tuesday may advance the ball toward potential resolution of a yearslong feud between the University of Texas System, its flagship institution and the Legislature. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations will, for the first time, hear public testimony from witnesses regarding its ongoing investigation of Regent Wallace Hall, which may conclude with articles of impeachment being filed against him. If Hall were to be impeached, he would be the first nonelected [...]

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigation2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

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