Here’s what to know about filing an open records request in the Houston area and the outlying suburbs, and what to do if they aren't following the law: What is the Texas Public Information Act?

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 ...

A man sent me a copy of his open records request to the colossal North Texas Municipal Water District. He was frustrated. He ...

Access to public records and meetings is essential for ... Among the tools at our disposal are the Texas Public Information Act, the Texas Open Meetings Act and the federal Freedom of Information ...

Greg Abbott signed the state's Sandra Bland Act, named after the black ... it is a leader in issues around open records and police reform. No longer will Texas jails serve as ineffective ...

The issue first arose over a decision from the Travis County Commissioners Court in 2024 to spend public money for security ...

asking for records from the school in accordance with Texas' open records law. In the fall of 2023, BHS employees began referring to the female student by a masculine name and male pronouns ...

The Austin City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when it placed 13 city charter ... As of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, online county records showed no appeal had been filed.

In it, Open Records Division Chief Tamara Smith ... will comply with the requests at issue." Under the Texas Public Information Act, a governmental body has 10 days to release the information ...