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Residents of your town, city or county will have a variety of reasons to ask for information from governmental bodies. Whatever their reasons, the Texas Public Information Act “gives the public the right to request access to government information,” writes Ken Paxton,...
Regular readers of our Texas Municipal Law Blog undoubtedly know that we recently wrote about an emerging subset of litigation: Texas businesses suing city, county or state governments over coronavirus shutdown orders. Legal challenges to shutdown orders Christy...
While droughts are not new for the lone star state, planning needs to happen for the future, one with a greater state population and ongoing climate change. Recently, the Texas Water Research Network, part of The University of Texas at Austin, completed a study about...
The coronavirus pandemic has unmistakably forced many changes in American lives, including a new type of litigation: companies suing Texas city, county and state governments over shutdown orders or contesting the definitions of “essential” and “nonessential”...
With thousands of new coronavirus cases being reported daily in Texas, cities across the state are bracing for more drops in tax revenues. That revenue is needed, of course, to fund city services that include police, fire, education, libraries, street repairs,...
Not long ago, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote that “the inherent right of Texans to govern themselves depends on their ability to observe how public officials are conducting the people’s business.” That right is what makes it crucial for state-level...
The Houston Community College system has campuses and about 70,000 students sprawled across the city’s metro area. More than 90 years old, the system faces a new challenge in the form of a $100 million lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The suit was filed in the...
In the Rio Grande Valley, a lawsuit filed against the city of Edinburg has been moved from state court to federal court. In the legal action, the Edinburg United Police Officers Association (EUPOA) alleges discrimination by the city against police officers based on...
Regular readers of our Texas Municipal Law Blog will undoubtedly recall that we recently wrote about how some social distancing changes that have come to public hearings and meetings could stick around and reshape politics and decision-making at state and local...
While no one knows what the post-pandemic world will look like, it seems likely that some of the changes implemented during stay-at-home orders might stick around for the foreseeable future. For instance, there are undoubtedly Texas businesses that have had their eyes...