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

Page Three: Open Season

There's no way to process 2015 without worrying how much worse it's going to get once Texas' open carry law goes into effect

"...should be considered socially acceptable, not just what the law allows."..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Column by Kimberley Jones

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

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

The Backroom Is Open

"...Under a new law awaiting the governor's signature, cities will be able to..."

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

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

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

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

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...set up a meeting with the chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, the obscure state agency..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Paxton Sues City Over Open Carry

Attorney general wants guns allowed in City Hall

"...Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a long-awaited lawsuit against..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Sunset Advisory Commission Takes Aim at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

State commission looks into concerns of transparency

"...Every 12 years since 1977, the Texas Legislature's Sunset Advisory Commission reviews state agencies for evidence..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

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

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

Group Accuses Morton Prosecutors of Gross Misconduct

Group files grievances with State Bar

"...A nascent lawyer accountability advocacy group on Monday filed a series of..."

Nov. 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

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

Capitol Chronicle

Texans leap to the defense of Governor and President Bush

"...more specifically, at the record of the University of Texas Investment Management Co., or UTIMCO. In the course of..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Michael King

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

News Flash

The Final Tally

"...All but one of the bills regarded by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association (TDNA) as a "priority" -- either..."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Off the Desk:

"...skills to the test as the state co-director of Texas Citizen Action, a consumer watchdog group that promises an..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...put him back on the air." – Richard Whittaker Open Meetings vs. First Amendment..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the book business, then leave Tuesday night (Jan. 27) open to speak your piece on the upcoming library bond..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature

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

Public Notice: Out of Their Cold, Dead Brains

GOP refuses to be sensible about guns

"...This week, just after Texas' open carry law went into effect, President Barack Obama..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Federal court upholds Open Meetings Act

"...Open and Shut..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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