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The Austin American-Statesman has used public records to shed light on the Austin school district’s superintendent search. They reported today on what they learned from the notes from candidate…

Texas Watchdog is rolling out another enterprise story on Tuesday looking at the Houston Airport System. This time we put the spotlight on how a top city airport executive may have been hired by a…

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Asked how much Abashawl is paid by the Stavanger agency, Brekke didn’t give a dollar figure but said she was hired for one day of work per week.
But her job with the Houston…

Appointments on the calendar of Houston Airport System executive Saba Abashawl regarding Norway, from late 2007 to early 2009. Texas Watchdog obtained access to her calendar under the Texas Public…

For those of you who saw our latest story, regarding a Houston Airport System executive’s employment by a city in Norway, we wanted to take a moment and make one note to our readers.
For our piece…

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Part of Abashawl’s job is dealing with groups like Greater Stavanger Economic Development. In fact, city records suggest that part of her job is dealing with Stavanger…

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In an interview in Norway, Trygve Brekke, international director of Greater Stavanger Economic Development, told Texas Watchdog earlier this month that Abashawl was hired by the…

A top executive for the Houston Airport System promotes Houston to Norway’s oil-and-gas capital city while also promoting the Norwegian town to people in Houston. The city of Houston has paid…

Want to see how much your local officials are spending on to lobby the federal government on transportation issues? The Center for Public Integrity has an awesome interactive map as part of their new…

A nonprofit corporation through which the Houston Airport System builds and runs airports in other countries is not subject to the state’s Public Information Act and does not have to release its…