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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

Texas AG rules city of Killeen must provide information

2016-02-18T15:48:55-06:00

By Holden Wilen Killeen Daily Herald Originally published Feb. 17, 2016 The Texas Attorney General ruled the city of Killeen needs to release documents it had been withholding from the public related to a $247,000 contract for security upgrades at the Killeen Municipal Court. City spokeswoman Hilary Shine said Wednesday the city will comply with the Attorney General’s ruling. “The Attorney General agreed that the City could withhold critical information under the Texas Homeland Security Act, and we will comply with the release of the redacted documents,” Shine said. The Herald had asked for the city’s contract for the upgrades, which [...]

Texas AG rules city of Killeen must provide information2016-02-18T15:48:55-06:00

Texas AG’s office lets Baylor keep sexual assault investigations secret

2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00

By Bobby Blanchard The Dallas Morning News Originally published Feb. 12, 2016 AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office issued an opinion earlier this week allowing Baylor University to keep investigations into recent sexual assaults at Baylor University secret. Because the victims have came forward and identified themselves to ESPN, an assistant to the attorney general wrote in an opinion that releasing the information would violate common law privacy. Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said he disagreed with the opinion. “I totally disagree,” said Coleman, who helped pass the bill that made police departments at private Texas universities respond to open [...]

Texas AG’s office lets Baylor keep sexual assault investigations secret2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00

Concerns raised about accessibility of police body cam footage

2016-02-08T14:34:53-06:00

By St. John-Barned Smith Houston Chronicle Originally published Feb. 7, 2016 Months after statewide body camera legislation took effect and the Houston Police Department outlined its policies regarding the devices, local criminal justice watchdogs worry that some video from high-profile incidents may never see the light of day. At issue, they say, are provisions in the law that could stymie requests for camera footage, privacy protections, and local departmental reluctance to release information. When the Legislature passed SB 158 last year - easily in the House and with some opposition in the Senate - it was touted as a way to [...]

Concerns raised about accessibility of police body cam footage2016-02-08T14:34:53-06:00

Austin Music Census data to remain private

2016-02-04T15:28:20-06:00

By Kevin Curtin Austin Chronicle Originally published Feb. 1, 2016 A drawn-out open records dispute over results from last year’s Austin Music Census has come to a conclusion as Texas’ Attorney General ruled that Titan Music Group, who the city contracted to conduct the survey, isn’t required to turn over the raw data to parties making public information filings. Cindy Royal, a Texas State University professor, initially filed a public information request for the Census data in August. She hoped to apply it to projects in a Coding and Data Skills for Communicators course she teaches. “We look at data in [...]

Austin Music Census data to remain private2016-02-04T15:28:20-06:00

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