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UT-Austin attempts to keep secret Garcia Marquez archive cost

2014-12-11T16:08:53-06:00

By Jim Vertuno Associated Press Originally published Dec. 10, 2014 The University of Texas on Wednesday refused to release the contract and purchase price for the archive of Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and said it will ask the state attorney general for permission to keep those details secret. The university previously has disclosed the prices of such purchases - which can often push into millions of dollars - and the effort to keep the cost of the Garcia Marquez archive secret is likely to draw attention in literary and legal circles for its impact on future archive [...]

UT-Austin attempts to keep secret Garcia Marquez archive cost2014-12-11T16:08:53-06:00

Keller ISD sues attorney general over survey results records request

2014-12-10T14:35:49-06:00

Sandra Engelland Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Dec. 9, 2014 KELLER, Texas — Keller school district officials are suing the Texas Attorney General over an open records request related to last month’s bond election. Aaron Harris, who led the political action committee opposing the $169.5 million bond approved by voters, submitted a request for a copy of the individual responses to a survey the district funded to gauge public opinion on a possible bond package, along with any identifying information on respondents. Baselice and Associates, an Austin-based public opinion research firm specializing in political and public affairs issues, surveyed 453 respondents [...]

Keller ISD sues attorney general over survey results records request2014-12-10T14:35:49-06:00

Greater Houston Partnership to end public contracts to avoid information requests

2014-12-05T15:18:05-06:00

By Mark Collette and Mike Morris Houston Chronicle Originally published Dec. 4, 2014 Greater Houston Partnership will terminate contracts with Houston, Harris County and surrounding governments, worth about $1 million per year, to avoid fulfilling public information requests, county and GHP officials said Thursday. GHP President Bob Harvey said the group is terminating the deals "in part due to the misperception that we are somehow beholden to the government agencies by virtue of these contracts." Recent court rulings forced GHP's hand, he said in an email. "As a chamber of commerce representing the business community of Houston and as the regional [...]

Greater Houston Partnership to end public contracts to avoid information requests2014-12-05T15:18:05-06:00

AG rules against information request on San Antonio’s homeland security funds

2014-12-02T14:21:30-06:00

By Mark Reagan San Antonio Current Originally published Dec. 1, 2014 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and heir to the Lone Star State's governorship, recently ruled against an open records request we filed. After a black man named Michael Brown was killed earlier this year by a white cop named Darren Wilson, we watched and listened, like most of the nation, as Ferguson, Missouri, erupted into protests against the police. During the ensuing months, many conversations about race and policing became prevalent on TV screens and in news publications. One topic repeatedly visited by pundits and at coffee tables around the [...]

AG rules against information request on San Antonio’s homeland security funds2014-12-02T14:21:30-06:00

Lawmaker spoke to grand jury after making open government complaint

2014-11-24T16:02:06-06:00

By Bill Hanna Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Nov. 23, 2014 A state representative said last week that he testified before a Henderson County grand jury after bringing a complaint against the Tarrant Regional Water District because of the way it conducts business. State Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, said he took a complaint to Henderson County District Attorney Scott McKee last summer. Gooden told the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce this month that he had been contacted by a private citizen concerning allegations about the water district, according to the Athens Daily Review. “I wanted to know how they [...]

Lawmaker spoke to grand jury after making open government complaint2014-11-24T16:02:06-06:00

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