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New Texas AG ruling keeps governor’s old travel security records secret

2014-08-13T14:58:35-05:00

By Jay Root The Texas Tribune Originally published Aug. 13, 2014 After critics raised a stink about the tax dollars being spent to provide security for Gov. Rick Perry while he was gearing up to run for president, lawmakers passed a bill in 2011 designed to let Texans know — eventually — what they were getting for their money. Now, thanks to a new ruling from the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety will not have to provide itemized travel records for the security detail after all. The DPS is still releasing the overall spending, with figures broken down into [...]

New Texas AG ruling keeps governor’s old travel security records secret2014-08-13T14:58:35-05:00

Perry seeks to keep details of Toyota incentives secret

2014-06-03T22:00:13-05:00

By Forrest Wilder Texas Observer Originally published June 1, 2014 Rick Perry’s office refuses to release any information about the $40 million it’s offering Toyota to relocate to Texas, despite providing the Observer with similar information last year for a $12 million grant to Chevron. The Observer and the Houston Chronicle both filed open records requests with the governor’s office after Perry announced in April the $40 million incentive grant to Toyota from the Texas Enterprise Fund. The governor’s office promotes the Enterprise Fund as a “deal-closing” program that helps bring jobs to Texas. But in some cases evidence suggests that [...]

Perry seeks to keep details of Toyota incentives secret2014-06-03T22:00:13-05:00

Perry defends regent’s records request

2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

By Jay Root The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 30, 2013 Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called the ongoing impeachment investigation into University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall “extraordinary political theater,” and said his appointee’s quest for voluminous records from the University of Texas at Austin was justified.  A legislative committee is mulling whether to draw up articles of impeachment against Hall, who has been accused of overstepping the bounds of his authority by making burdensome requests of UT-Austin staff, misrepresenting information about himself on his application to be a regent and mishandling private student information. Hall and his attorneys have strongly [...]

Perry defends regent’s records request2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

State insisting it be given info on Twitter users

2013-09-30T03:30:10-05:00

By Kolten Parker, Eva Ruth Moravec San Antonio Express-News Originally published July 31, 2013 AUSTIN — State police have demanded Twitter records from two users that officials allege made “terroristic threats” against lawmakers who pushed for abortion restrictions. One targeted user, Denise Romano, an Austin woman with a private Twitter account, explains on her page that posts are “satirical.” The second user’s account is anonymous and was unused for more than a year before a string of tweets specified in the Texas Department of Public Safety probe. In what appears to be an unprecedented move in Texas, law enforcement officials subpoenaed [...]

State insisting it be given info on Twitter users2013-09-30T03:30:10-05:00

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