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Jan Crawford of CBS News to speak at Sept. 26 FOI Foundation conference

2025-07-18T18:07:38-05:00

Jan Crawford, chief legal correspondent for CBS News and a recognized authority on the U.S. Supreme Court, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s FOI Foundation of Texas state conference on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Austin. Crawford's 2007 book “Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for the Control of the United States Supreme Court” gained critical acclaim and became an instant New York Times bestseller. She has also reported on most of the major judicial appointments and confirmation hearings of the past 30 years. Stay tuned for more information on the day’s detailed agenda, which will feature [...]

Jan Crawford of CBS News to speak at Sept. 26 FOI Foundation conference2025-07-18T18:07:38-05:00

Athena Tseng to receive 2025-26 Ralph Langer Scholarship

2025-05-06T10:35:37-05:00

For Immediate Release April 30, 2025  FOI Foundation announces Athena Tseng is recipient of Ralph Langer Scholarship  AUSTIN – Journalism student Athena Tseng of the University of Texas at Austin has beenselected to receive the 2025 Ralph Langer Scholarship awarded by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Tseng will receive a $6,000 scholarship for the 2025-26 academic year. She is currently director of digital strategy for The Daily Texan at UT-Austin; a marketing and communications intern in the university’s Department of Computer Science; an engagement fellow for Texas Monthly; and editor of BurntxOrange, an alternative news site and digital-first student [...]

Athena Tseng to receive 2025-26 Ralph Langer Scholarship2025-05-06T10:35:37-05:00

U.S. Supreme Court orders new look at case of arrested Texas journalist

2024-10-28T09:48:02-05:00

By The Associated Press Originally published Oct. 15, 2024 WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates. The justices tossed out the ruling of a divided federal appeals court that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police. Read the full story [...]

U.S. Supreme Court orders new look at case of arrested Texas journalist2024-10-28T09:48:02-05:00

FOI Foundation of Texas announces Ralph Langer Scholarship recipients

2023-04-27T15:15:49-05:00

For Immediate Release April 27, 2023  AUSTIN – The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas has named Brianna Chavez, a journalism junior at Texas State University, as the recipient of the inaugural Ralph Langer Scholarship. Alongside her journalism studies, Chavez has worked as a life and arts reporter at the University Star, Texas State’s student-run newspaper. Some of her stories have been published by the Austin American-Statesmen. Chavez, who is in the first generation of her family to attend college, will receive a $6,000 scholarship for the 2023-24 academic year. The scholarship was created in memory of Ralph Langer, a guiding [...]

FOI Foundation of Texas announces Ralph Langer Scholarship recipients2023-04-27T15:15:49-05:00

IDEA Public Schools sues attorney general to keep hotel purchase records secret

2021-11-02T14:36:13-05:00

By Dave HendricksProgress TimesOriginally published Oct. 29, 2021 IDEA Public Schools filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in mid-October, attempting to block the release of records that may explain why the charter school system purchased a hotel in Cameron County. IDEA purchased the Inn at Chachalaca Bend, a boutique hotel in Los Fresnos, during October 2019. Less than a year later, Chief Financial Officer Wyatt Truscheit abruptly resigned amid questions about improper spending. IDEA decided to audit financial transactions authorized by Truscheit and other top executives. “During the course of this investigation, IDEA’s special counsel reviewed records related [...]

IDEA Public Schools sues attorney general to keep hotel purchase records secret2021-11-02T14:36:13-05:00
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