With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...send to Gov. Greg Abbott an update to the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) to reinstate provisions, struck down..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

High Court Turns Back Open Meetings Act

Rules that snared City Council thrown out

"...Last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unconstitutional a central provision..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Does the Open Meetings Act Go Too Far?

Pflugerville joins other Texas cities in challenging portions of the Texas Open Meetings Act

"...The Texas Open Meetings Act was designed to blow the doors..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Conversation on Open Meetings Act Is a Good Thing

"...Dear Editor, Re: "Does the Open Meetings Act Go Too Far?" [News, Jan. 8]: Let..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Postmarks

Open Meetings: Case Closed?

A deal is near for seven current and former City Council members

"...County Attorney David Escamilla over criminal proceedings under the Texas Open Meetings Act...."

Oct. 18, 2012 News Post by Mike Kanin

Meetings Violation, Investigation at City Hall? (Updated)

Website alleges malfeasance; Co. Attorney reviewing complaint

"...the Austin Bulldog alleging that City Council members' individual meetings with one another and the mayor may violate open..."

Jan. 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Open and Shut

Council members hope they've closed the door on their Open Meetings legal troubles. Trouble is, that won't be the end.

"...– is thanks to a strict interpretation of state open government rules brought on after a coffee chat between..."

Oct. 26, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Council: Everything Is in the Open

"...interviews, resulted in questions about whether Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by moving the location of one..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Backroom Is Open

"...Friendship Alliance, which claim that Dripping Springs violated the Texas Open Meetings Act and the state constitution. In effect,..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

1997 Texas Legislature Press Bills

"...ANTI HB273: Exempts from the open records act information that identifies a person as a..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...is a front-runner in the seven-candidate Democratic primary for Texas House District 51. It's a race without an incumbent,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How Texas Is Texas Wine?

What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards

"...At the beginning of this month, over 30 Texas winemakers congregated with wine lovers at Featherstone Ranch in..."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical Board

TMB delays exoneration of Lakeway doctor

"...was turned away in his attempt to persuade the Texas Medical Board to consider ratification of the Sept. 15..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...viewed from the outside is any number of famous actors and actresses, a few brand-name directors, and even fewer..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

City Must Give Secret Police Records to the Chronicle, Texas A.G.’s Office Says

Come out, come out, wherever you are

"...to keep secret, according to an opinion letter the Texas Attorney General's Office sent to the city in response..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD’s Big Balancing Act

The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?

"...What's actually on the table is a $1 billion bond, step..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion – Protecting Texas Alone: The UT System Has Failed Our Community

Underpaid at UT, a graduate student worker advocacy group, urgently calls for COVID protections

"...Classes have begun at the University of Texas at Austin and the school's administration has failed to..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Underpaid@UT

Newsgeist: 11/24/10

The spirit of the news

"...Read more for the latest on the Korean conflict, Texas Open Meetings Law, and holiday spending...."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Point Austin: The Law Is a Ass

The Great Open Meetings Scandal comes to its legalized conclusion

"...of Austin politics, although as Mike Kanin points out ("Open and Shut,"), the reverberations of the Great Open Meetings..."

Oct. 26, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Animal Shelter Lawsuit: City Has Alpo on Its Face

On Monday, the fifth citizen-group lawsuit this year was filed against the City of Austin, this time alleging a “conspiratorial strategy” to keep the controversial animal shelter relocation decision away from the public scrutiny of an open council vote.

"...relocation decision away from the public scrutiny of an open council vote. Intriguingly, the lawsuit promises to lift the..."

Oct. 2, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...of forensic evidence in criminal cases, and about whether Texas relied on outdated fire science in order to send..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Death Row Dilemma

Resistant to Change

"...process. In that case, Sparks ruled that although "the Texas clemency procedure is extremely poor and certainly minimal," it..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Just the Facts

Bills to Watch

"...which would close the "staff briefings" loophole in the Texas Open Meetings Act by changing the definition of "meeting"..."

April 2, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Austin At Large: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This ...

When we perform as public citizens, what do we really want?

"...then-unbuilt Austin City Hall, with its outdoor stage and wide-open lobby and skybridges, could be viewed as one big..."

April 19, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Dem Lawmakers Boycott Anti-Abortion Bill Hearing

Brass ovaries vs. HB 16, and other battle lines drawn at the Capitol

"...16 by Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano – dubbed the "Texas Born-Alive Infant Protection Act" – joins in the national..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

SOS Files Complaint Against Daugherty

Group charges commissioner deleted texts and emails

"...related to the road project, a violation of the Texas Public Information Act. SOS first sought to obtain Daugherty's..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Public as Afterthought

Not an Athenian Democracy

"...year Todd had indefinitely barred Hadden from attending council meetings because she once blew a whistle at a council..."

Aug. 16, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...to a "Chapter 26 hearing" as prescribed under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, and 2) that the city..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature

The Statesman ... Files a Motion

The Statesman files a restraining order for the Enlow arbitration

"...Moore is conducting the hearing in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act. They say that since the arbitration..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Secretary of State calls time-out on the voting machine front

"...meeting of the state's voting examiners was postponed by Texas Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor after a lawsuit was..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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