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Daily Texan explores wait, costs involved in open records requests at UT-Austin

FOIFT2018-11-01T14:36:57-05:00

By Morgan O'Hanlon The Daily Texan Originally published Oct. 31. 2018 How many times have UT students appealed Title IX sanctions to the President’s Office? That’s the question former Daily Texanreporter Will Clark was trying to answer late last year as he reported the story “Presidential Power,” which explains UT President Gregory Fenves’ unique power as the final decision maker in appeals cases regarding student conduct. As part of his reporting, Clark, a radio-television-film junior, asked the University that question via an open records request, but the request was denied on basis that confidential student information could be released in the [...]

Daily Texan explores wait, costs involved in open records requests at UT-AustinFOIFT2018-11-01T14:36:57-05:00

Editorial: Anderson County sheriff should release medical records of inmate’s death to family

FOIFT2018-10-24T15:21:19-05:00

Palestine Herald-Press Editorial Originally published Oct. 19, 2018 Over the last two months, Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor has throttled every information source within reach that could shed light on prisoner Rhonda Newsome's death. Now, by withholding Newsome's medical records from her family, Taylor is not only stretching the limits of state public information laws to stiff the Herald-Press, but also ignoring federal regulations on the security of health information. He is becoming a law onto himself. On Oct. 4, Anderson County rejected a legally sound request from Newsome's son, Regan Kimbrough, for his mother's medical records during the three months [...]

Editorial: Anderson County sheriff should release medical records of inmate’s death to familyFOIFT2018-10-24T15:21:19-05:00

In reversal, Texas Supreme Court accepts execution drug appeal

FOIFT2018-10-22T17:34:51-05:00

By Chuck Lindell Austin American-Statesman Originally published Oct. 19, 2018 The Texas Supreme Court has announced that it will review a lower court decision that required prison officials to identify the pharmacy that supplied the state with execution drugs under a 2014 legal challenge. The state’s highest civil court had rejected the case in June but reversed itself Friday — a rarely granted move that came after lawyers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the effort to unmask the pharmacy was an attack on the death penalty that will jeopardize the continued availability of lethal-injection drugs. Once identified, pharmacies [...]

In reversal, Texas Supreme Court accepts execution drug appealFOIFT2018-10-22T17:34:51-05:00

Facing complaints of excessive fees, Texas counties release billing records of their opioid lawyers for free

FOIFT2018-10-11T15:10:51-05:00

By Daniel Fisher Legal NewsLine Originally published Oct. 10, 2018 Texas counties that demanded tens of thousands of dollars to provide billing records from outside attorneys representing them in opioid lawsuits have mostly agreed to hand them over for free, after complaints were filed with the Texas Attorney General's Office alleging the cost estimates were excessive and violated the Texas Public Information Act. A number of counties initially quoted costs of as much as $750 an hour for outside attorneys to review and redact privileged information from billing statements, which are considered public records under Texas law. The cost demands from [...]

Facing complaints of excessive fees, Texas counties release billing records of their opioid lawyers for freeFOIFT2018-10-11T15:10:51-05:00

Travis County sheriff sues AG’s office to keep inmate’s death records confidential

FOIFT2018-10-03T14:58:59-05:00

By Katie Hall Austin American-Statesman Originally published Oct. 2, 2018 Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez is suing to keep some information about a man who died at the county jail confidential after the American-Statesman requested the internal investigation report into the inmate’s death. Justin Daniel Dominguez, 24, was brought into the Travis County Jail on a domestic violence assault charge the night of June 10, 2016, and was pronounced dead the next morning. According to the unredacted parts of the investigation report, several inmates said Dominguez had been beating on the door and pressing the intercom button requesting medical attention, but [...]

Travis County sheriff sues AG’s office to keep inmate’s death records confidentialFOIFT2018-10-03T14:58:59-05:00

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