Fort Worth Weekly has a great piece this week by Dan McGraw on how local governments are repeatedly punting open records requests to the state attorney general’s office, taking up everyone’s time and…
Texas Watchdog has identified politicians — including Houston Councilman and mayoral candidate Peter Brown — who did not list their spouses on annual financial disclosures, even though their…
If our latest story today on the spousal loophole piqued your interest in Texas politicians’ ethics forms, we’ve got more from where that came from. See our latest how-to video on using our…
For tips on the rules surrounding public records costs in Texas, check out the most recent Citizen Watchdog column in the Dallas Morning News: Unlike many states, Texas has specific rules on what…
The public can’t keep close tabs on a tax refund program that gave more than $39 million in breaks over the last two-and-a-half years because of laws keeping tax information private.
The Texas…
The Houston Chronicle brings us this update to the paper’s earlier stories that highlighted how difficult it was for the public to find out the time and place of Metro committee workshops. Writer…
A TABC spokeswoman responds to our piece criticizing the agency over transparency issues.
Texas Watchdog once again lifts the veil on how Texas’ elected leaders make their money — and what conflicts of interest they might have.
We’ve just published the 2009 interactive map of legislators’…
Frioman at Politicafe says there’s discrimination afoot in Houston’s Metro system and displays stats (and multi-colored pie charts) saying that 80% of all Metro bus drivers are black, while just 18…
You would hope that a state agency that regulates alcoholic beverage sales would be as transparent as, say, vodka. (Or at least as translucent.) But the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is turning…
