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Chesapeake Energy wants settlement with Fort Worth school district kept secret

FOIFT2016-03-04T14:17:24-06:00

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 secretFOIFT2016-03-04T14:17:24-06:00

El Paso city spokeswoman’s records role ‘problematic’

FOIFT2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

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’FOIFT2016-02-25T15:58:01-06:00

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

FOIFT2016-02-19T15:28:47-06:00

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 videosFOIFT2016-02-19T15:28:47-06:00

Texas AG rules city of Killeen must provide information

FOIFT2016-02-18T15:48:55-06:00

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 informationFOIFT2016-02-18T15:48:55-06:00

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

FOIFT2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00

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 secretFOIFT2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00

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