April 2012
El Paso ISD vendor got special treatment in bid process, latest in string of district troubles (via @TxCapitolReport) http://ow.ly/azg6U
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Army spends $1 million on solar array 4 Ft. Bliss, output projections at 1% of total needed http://ow.ly/aza7p (via @texastribune) energy
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Houston police, Texas A&M, other Texas agencies have gotten federal permission to use drones http://ow.ly/axLrA privacy eff (via @eff)
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Fort Worth proposes pension changes, like scrapping OT as factor in benefit calculations http://ow.ly/axgN9 (via @startelegram) pensions
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Attorney General’s ruling suggests trick for Texas agencies wanting to keep records closed: Just move them. http://ow.ly/aw1I4
@GregAbbott_TX & his GOP counterparts amass power, challenge federal authority http://ow.ly/auajN (via @JoanBiskupic)
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Suit to overturn Montrose Management District alleges ‘unlawful and illegitimate attempt to avoid dissolution’ http://ow.ly/asSiy hounews
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UTMB challenges request for records related to allegations against administrator transparency (via galvestonnews) http://ping.fm/bp54y
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Medicare paid tens of millions in unwarranted dr. bonuses in Hidalgo Co., ? amount in other parts of TX (via @tlangford) http://ow.ly/asodD
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Rep. Linda Harper-Brown fined $2,000 for failing to disclose Mercedes Benz from state contractor http://ow.ly/aq7yD txleg @lhbcampaign
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Houston ISD seeks outside help in rewriting ethics policies hisd hounews http://ping.fm/LVpur
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Board members often absent from meetings of Amarillo nonprofit under state investigation (via @amarilloglobe) http://ping.fm/xVCW6
Tendency toward walking correlates with liberal views? Texas cities score low on ‘walkability’ (via @slate) http://ping.fm/v5Wma
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Houston ISD Trustee Paula Harris votes to rebid painting contract awarded to friend’s company hisd hounews http://ping.fm/r7Hv1
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After prodding, Houston Community College posts trustees’ campaign finance forms online http://ow.ly/amOT1 hounews transparency @TweetHCC
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El Paso school district holds up records over typo in public information request http://ow.ly/alqhL (via @elpasotimes) transparency
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Fort Worth-area cities skip ballot box, issue debt in 100s of millions of dollars dfw (via @startelegram) http://ow.ly/ajRDr
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Austin taxpayers could get dinged if city shifts from contractors to salaried employees (via @statesman) atx http://ping.fm/Oc8Vv
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Houston ISD trustees vote to close 4 schools, rebid contracts hisd hounews http://ping.fm/N7cYS
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Nueces Co. short $2.1 million for fiscal year 2011, 28 departments over budget http://ow.ly/aeI9m (via @callerdotcom) corpuschristi
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Houston ISD moves to rebid contracts after audit, stories by @texaswatchdog http://ping.fm/BfwAS hisd hounews
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Related story from Monday: Texas Ethics Commission report disappoints some good government activists http://ow.ly/adGqt txlege
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Is reform talk just talk? Panel weighs transparency requests 4 Ethics, Judicial Conduct commissions http://ow.ly/adGmM txlege
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Despite political push back, manned space trips from South Padre Island explored http://ping.fm/qJqrT (@chronsciguy)
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Alamo Colleges’ journalists force transparency on school’s governance, board seeks new general counsel http://ping.fm/Fh37E
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HISD talks layoffs, some trustees see other ways to reduce budget http://ping.fm/Fwmho schools hounews
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El Paso ISD can’t get story straight on who called 4 audit re: suspicious transcripts http://ow.ly/abwgf (via @elpasotimes) muckreads
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Related @texaswatchdog story looked at ‘toothless’ Ethics Commission txlege http://ping.fm/zUqfW
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TX Ethics Commission report disappoints some good gov’t activists incl @TXPublicJustice @PublicCitizenTX http://ow.ly/aat4f txlege
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Houston ISD considers whether young students get enough free play time hisd hounews http://ping.fm/bVLLW
Group rallies to change name on South San Antonio ISD sports center http://ping.fm/lCmHf (via @mySA)
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Houston super PAC aims to defeat Texas congressmen http://ping.fm/lppjA (via @mySA) congress election
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Leander mayor scrutinized over zoning vote, use of city property (via @statesman) http://ping.fm/aHQbo
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Censorship? Deals in smoke-filled rooms? Court weighs suit by TX city officials over open meetings law transparency http://ow.ly/a7KqE
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Bexar Co commissioner’s emails abt public bsns sent on private acct must be released (via @mysa) http://ow.ly/a7w4e transparency
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Missing, altered documents raise questions for auditors looking at Houston school district http://ow.ly/a6w9U hisd hounews transparency
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TX open meetings suit before appeals court today; district court found act did not suppress free speech transparency http://ow.ly/a6c2v
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GOP infighting or ethics prob? Activist should have registered as lobbyist: Ethics complaint http://ow.ly/a5sLH (via @HoustonChron)
State OKed new inspection business for operators of station scrutinized after fatal crash (via AP) http://ping.fm/EndR9
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@RonPaul painstaking campaign finance reports list numerous expenses under $1 (via @propublica) http://ow.ly/a3ayw gop2012 2012 thrifty
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Website @agendawise criticizes state Rep. Byron Cook, Eppstein Group threatens legal action http://ping.fm/b3AWO txlege
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Bexar County commissioner presents legal arguments challenging records request for emails http://ow.ly/a23VF tranparency (via @mySA)
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Houston ISD hires new head of procurement, Christopher Gross hisd hounews http://ping.fm/o5r9N
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TX reps keep supporting $1.4 trillion fighter project beset w/ delays, cost overruns http://ow.ly/a1P1g (via @dallasnews) congress
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Houston ISD officials pledge changes, more details on how companies are picked, after procurement audit http://ow.ly/a1DND hisd hounews