A Texas appellate court ruled that a state public accounting licensing board that penalized three accountants involved in the Enron scandal properly conducted a public vote on the sanctions in ...

The crux of her lawsuit is the interpretation of Texas Government Code Sec. 551.023 of the Open Meetings Act, which states: “A person in attendance may record all or any part of an open meeting of a ...

Since 2016, Texas has required city councils, county commissioner courts and school boards serving populations of a certain size to broadcast their open meetings as they happen and post recordings ...

Since 2016, Texas has required city councils, county commissioner courts and school boards serving populations of a certain size to broadcast their open meetings as they happen and post recordings ...

A judge has struck down the 2024 Hays County road bond, ruling that the Commissioners Court violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when it called for a special election for the $440 million bond.

The FOI Foundation also hosts regional training sessions to help Texans learn to use the Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act. The next seminar is Oct. 16 in Edinburg in the Rio Grande Valley.

According to the Texas Open Meetings Act, a gathering of a majority of a governing body, or quorum, is considered a meeting and must be open to the public. The city’s charter states a quorum of ...

A Republican-backed bill to require public schools to place the Ten Commandments in every classroom won preliminary approval Saturday. The vote was 88-49.

Austin City Hall should conduct business in a way that doesn’t short-circuit public engagement or stick judges with impossible dilemmas.