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Parkland Memorial Hospital refuses to release costly report on executive compensation

2013-09-19T16:37:34-05:00

By Sherry Jacobson Originally posted 7.23.13 Top officials at Parkland Memorial Hospital have been working since last fall on a tough issue related to executive compensation. The hospital’s board of managers wasn’t sure it was paying top Parkland managers enough money to keep them from leaving for better-paying jobs. The hospital has experienced a sweeping overhaul of top managers since it failed a series of government inspections in 2011. Last fall, the board approved a $150,000 contract with Sullivan Cotter and Associates, a compensation consultant based in Chicago and Detroit. The firm was asked to produce a report showing how much [...]

Parkland Memorial Hospital refuses to release costly report on executive compensation2013-09-19T16:37:34-05:00

Victoria Advocate to file open records complaint against Calhoun County

2013-09-30T14:22:40-05:00

By Jessica Priest Victoria Advocate Originally published July 20, 2013  A month after Calhoun County ended a law suit with a former employee, it still refuses to release the terms of the settlement. The Victoria Advocate plans to file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General’s office seeking the terms under the Texas Public Information Act. The Advocate first requested the settlement agreement on June 18 to shed light on how a federal employment discrimination case between Precinct 2 Commissioner Vern Lyssy and his former employee Amanda Guillen was resolved, including the amount of the settlement. Guillen accused Lyssy of spying [...]

Victoria Advocate to file open records complaint against Calhoun County2013-09-30T14:22:40-05:00

Tables Turn as Sandefer Requests Zaffirini’s Records

2013-09-30T20:27:55-05:00

By Reeve Hamilton Originally published 2013 July 19 In June, a new entrant quietly joined the fray in the ongoing open records wars between the Legislature and the University of Texas System: Austin businessman Jeff Sandefer, who filed an open records request with state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, the former chairmwoman of the Senate Higher Education Committee Sandefer — the founder of the Acton School of Business, a private MBA program — is largely known in higher education circles for drafting a set of controversial reform proposals that Gov. Rick Perry encouraged university system regents to implement starting in 2008. The [...]

Tables Turn as Sandefer Requests Zaffirini’s Records2013-09-30T20:27:55-05:00

Irving ISD Names Debbie Cabrera Interim Superintendent

2013-09-30T20:29:31-05:00

By BILL ZEEBLE Originally posted July 15, 20 Image Credit: Bill Zeeble / KERA News - Irving ISD’s school board during 7am meeting when they announced Debbie Cabrera as interim superintendent. President Steven Jones wears the purple shirt. Trustee Lee Mosty was absent.The Irving school board named an interim superintendent today, and it’s Debbie Cabrera. Her permanent job is associate superintendent of business services. But the board is still not talking about Monday’s resignation of Superintendent Dana Bedden. At this morning’s unusually early 7 o’clock board meeting, president Steven Jones refused to explain the philosophical differences between his board members and [...]

Irving ISD Names Debbie Cabrera Interim Superintendent2013-09-30T20:29:31-05:00

1st amendment lawyer: DPS erred in blocking reporter filming arrests

2013-09-30T04:02:07-05:00

By Kolten Parker Posted July 15, 2013 In a public building with no restrictions on filming, Department of Public Safety officers blocked me and other reporters from filming the arrest of four abortion rights activists at the state Capitol Friday. A DPS officer moves reporter Kolten Parker away from the scene of arrest in the state Capitol July 12. At least 280 DPS officers were charged with containing thousands of protesters while maintaining a level of decorum in the senate required to have a debate and vote on House Bill 2, the controversial abortion omnibus bill. They accomplished their task with [...]

1st amendment lawyer: DPS erred in blocking reporter filming arrests2013-09-30T04:02:07-05:00

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