Texas adopted its open records law in 1973, after a stock-fraud scandal dubbed Sharpstown ultimately ended the political careers of a Democratic governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker.

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general's wife, asked last week for the records to be sealed. A new judge brought on ...

Texas’ open records law gives almost anyone access to government records. Its purpose centers on ensuring transparency and accountability at public agencies — but knowing how to use the law ...

The courts shouldn’t allow Texas to restrict campus protests that it finds offensive or politically incorrect.

KRIS 6 News, in partnership with the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, is hosting two workshops to help citizens learn how they can get involved in local ...

The Texas Public Information Act presumes documents are open unless there’s an exception in the law to releasing the record.

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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 ...

opinion Editorials Texas’ tradition of open, transparent government is in peril A lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton tests bounds of open records law.

Texas’ open records law is 50 years old — and routinely flouted Kathy and Robert Dyer, of Paris, Texas, at the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas conference on Sept. 28. 2023.