The public is invited to learn more about open government, including how to obtain public records, at the first Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas open government seminar Friday, Feb 19 at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas.

Open records lawyers from the office of the Texas Attorney General and specialists from the… Continue

The two top polling Democrats running for governor, former Houston Mayor Bill White and Houston businessman Farouk Shami, are expected to debate at 7 p.m. tonight in the studio of KTVT-TV in Fort Worth.

The debated, sponsored in cooperation with public television station KERA-TV in Dallas, will be televised on

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The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking that Gov. Rick Perry redirect $16 million in federal stimulus funds to help the department maintain border security efforts while complying with the governor's request that all state agencies cut their budgets by 5 percent.

The

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I know what you're thinking. Did I audit you six times or only five? I guess it comes down to this, "Do you feel lucky, taxpayer?"

Enough of me channeling Dirty Harry. The buzz all day today has been the order the IRS has put in for sixty 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for its Criminal Investigation Division.

We saw it first at the Government Bytes blo… Continue

The Texas Ethics Commission fined state Rep. Abel Herrero $2,800, for improperly reporting his political spending
in filings made between 2006 and 2008.

Herrero, D-Robstown, was the last of seven people fined for violations of campaign finance laws by the Commissio… Continue