While journalists commonly use record requests to obtain information, residents also can request records through the Texas ...

If they’re announcing that the board made a decision, then there’s only one legal way that could have happened,” a First Amendment lawyer said.

This Freeman Law Insights blog provides a high-level overview of the public’s wide-reaching right to information under the Texas Public Information Act (formerly the Texas Open Records Act) as ...

Governmental bodies shall release requested information as promptly as possible, unless the information is exempt from disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. If you wish to submit an open ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ... This matters to the rest of us because it has implications for the state’s open records law. At stake is who has the authority to compel the highest executives ...

Senate Bill 824 — expands the enforcement mechanisms of the Texas Public Information Act, allowing requestors to file ...

But because they exist, citizens are allowed to observe and participate in the decision-making processes. So, the primary ...

AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ... or attorney general to release certain records under the Public Information Act. Assistant Solicitor General Beth Klusmann, arguing ...

Increasing transparency and accountability are among the top goals of The University of Texas System ... a new request through UTSA Open Records. You must include the Reference No. in your new request ...

Open records connected to the Sun Metro bus explosion requested by ABC-7 have just been released. ABC-7 has spent nearly a month trying to obtain these and other connected documents through open ...