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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pushed out of Texas ... Portability Act (HIPAA). The long-standing medical privacy law historically included an exception that allowed healthcare providers to turn over medical records to law ...

But at least some of the records (like sensitive personal information) are already exempted from release to the public by the Texas Public Information Act. And in Austin, when G file material has ...