Month: August 2020

Fight brewing between Texas cities and state over funding, taxes

On Behalf of Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C. | Aug 25, 2020 | Public sector labor relations

Since the death in May of Texas native George Floyd, there have been protests across Texas and the nation demanding police reform, including calls to “defund” police departments by redistributing funds to public safety programs and social service agencies. Austin...

Explainer (part two): the Texas Public Information Act

On Behalf of Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C. | Aug 14, 2020 | Government Ethics And Compliance

Regular readers of our municipal law blog will undoubtedly recall that we recently wrote about the Texas Public Information Act. Please check out that July 28 introductory post. At the end of it, we promised to pick up the topic where we left off: exceptions to the...