Statesman sues Department of Family and Protective Services over day care death records
FOIFT2018-11-30T16:05:23-06:00By Sean Collins Walsh Austin American-Statesman Originally published Nov. 29, 2018 The Texas attorney general’s office has ruled that the Department of Family and Protective Services violated the state’s freedom-of-information law in its handling of a records request related to child deaths in day cares. The ruling comes after the American-Statesman in May requested the agency’s reports on deaths that occurred in Texas day cares over the past five years. The agency has maintained that state law requires it to keep the documents confidential. The newspaper and its parent company, GateHouse Media, in August filed suit in Travis County district court, [...]