, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.After Paxton's office refused...…, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.After Paxton's office refused...WW…
, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.To celebrate Gov. ’s reelection last year, his inaugural committee paid a whopping $1.7 million to hire country crooner George Strait and his band. A coterie of got more than $1 million, some of it paid out in six-figure bonuses. And a handful of lucky charities received $800,000 in unspent money.Left out of that tally: the $116,000 taxpayers spent to keep all those inaugural expenditures secret.Abbott and the 2019 Texas Inaugural Committee spent months fighting the disclosure of documents detailing how...…, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.To celebrate Gov. ’s reelection last year, his inaugural committee paid a whopping $1.7 million to hire country crooner George Strait and his band. A coterie of got more than $1 million, some of it paid out in six-figure bonuses. And a handful of lucky charities received $800,000 in unspent money.Left out of that tally: the $116,000 taxpayers spent to keep all those inaugural expenditures secret.Abbott and the 2019 Texas Inaugural Committee spent months fighting the disclosure of documents detailing how...WW…