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How the University of Texas defers to business interests in public records requests

2022-03-03T17:19:11-06:00

By Asher Price Axios Originally published March 2, 2022 Axios Austin is currently embroiled in three open records disputes with the University of Texas. Why it matters: University officials acknowledge they are deferring to business interests — instead of simply releasing information to the public. Details: UT officials are refusing to say how much money the public university has agreed to pay one outside firm to assist in its ongoing law school dean search or how much it's contracted to pay another to consult on name-image-likeness issues involving student-athletes. Read the full story here.

How the University of Texas defers to business interests in public records requests2022-03-03T17:19:11-06:00

Houston Chronicle: Secret Police Beatings and Public Records

2013-12-04T16:30:10-06:00

Editorial Houston Chronicle Originally published December 3 On a list of Texas higher education stereotypes, the entry for Rice University begins: "I live in the fourth biggest city in the country, yet I can go weeks without leaving campus." That inside-the-hedges mentality is fine for studious undergrads, but not the campus police department. With the Rice University Police Department (RUPD) refusing to open the books on a recent police beating, those green hedges are starting to look like an iron curtain ("Lack of police transparency in Rice arrest vexes lawmaker," Page A1, Tuesday). Last week, KPRC-TV news ran a story about three RUPD officers beating [...]

Houston Chronicle: Secret Police Beatings and Public Records2013-12-04T16:30:10-06:00
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