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When districts bill citizens for routine records, they throttle transparency and protect insiders. If a contract involves public pay, it should be posted where taxpayers can actually see it.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered To Release Some Of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and the Texas Newsroom and co-published with ProPublica. Republished under the Texas Tribune’s republish feature. Months after fightin…
Truthout: Open Records Advocates Alarmed as DHS Abandons Text Archiving Software. “An agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with ensuring that electronic messages on the devices of its workforce comply with public records laws admitted last week that it has stopped using software to do so.”
Open Records Advocates Alarmed as DHS Abandons Text Archiving Software
Relying on agents to archive their own messages via screenshots has the potential for error and abuse, experts say.CPH Daily Bulletin 10/28/2025
L.A. County asks court to block release of thousands of sheriff’s deputy photos
#LosAngeles #OpenRecords #LASD #LASDgangs #LAPD #WatchTheWatchers
A group of eight state and national media organizations want the records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce case released to the public.
#Court #News #Politics #Texas #ANGELAPAXTON #KenPaxton #OpenRecords #USCongress #USSenate
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