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Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas

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Texas journalists: Tomorrow, May 30, is the deadline to submit Spirit of FOI Award contest entries. Send us your best work showcasing government transparency! Submission details at https://t.co/1ZmBx1fYPu

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Body cam shows DPS trooper used encryption app in Austin student’s immigration arrest https://t.co/TIEmy3DEpI

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We're bringing our @TxFOIFT Open Government Seminar to DFW on June 18. It's free and open to the public. A half-day of training with experts on the Tx Public Info Act & Open Meetings Act. Please join us! Details at https://t.co/Ur9qCdL2Li

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Texas journalists: Submit your best FOI work to the Spirit of FOI Awards contest. Deadline is May 30. We'll honor the winners at our September state conference. See contest details at https://t.co/1ZmBx1fYPu

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We have a great turnout in El Paso today for @TxFOIFT Open Government Seminar. Thanks Tom Williams of our board and @haynesboone for kicking off our sessions and to all in the El Paso community who are here!

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Hope to see many El Paso area folks at the @TxFOIFT Open Government Seminar tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 19. Walk-ins welcome! Details at https://t.co/i5vTUtV9cY

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El Paso friends: Join us Tuesday, May 19, for a free Open Government Seminar in your city. @TxFOIFT & @TXAG attorneys will present training on Texas' Public Information Act & Open Meetings Act. We'll be at the El Paso Community Foundation. Details: https://t.co/i5vTUtV9cY

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Watch this link for a super TEDx Talk on free speech by @1stAmLawyer Laura Prather, a partner @haynesboone & @TxFOIFT board member. You'll learn about the threats to free speech caused by SLAPPs, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Pubic Participation:
https://t.co/KjWJiaJFPb

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The Government Accountability Project is a free, searchable public records database aimed at making government documents more accessible. https://t.co/agT0lJLMlP

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Congrats Will Fry, a journalism major @TexasTech & recipient of the Ralph Langer Scholarship, and Casey McKee, @UHLAW student & recipient of the Joel White Scholarship. The awards honor @TXFoift's early leaders and boost journalism and legal careers: https://t.co/FjN3YGcvLK

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We're going to El Paso for @TxFOIFT's Open Government Seminar on May 19, in cooperation with @TXAG and the El Paso Community Foundation. Join us for this free half-day seminar on Texas open government laws. Details: https://t.co/Ur9qCdL2Li

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Austin’s toll agency is trying to keep MoPac expansion comments under wraps, sparking backlash over whether public input can be kept from the public. https://t.co/ww3knU3aAc

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El Paso area residents: Join @TxFOIFT for a free half-day Open Government Seminar on May 19, featuring training on open meetings and public records laws. Details at
https://t.co/i5vTUtV9cY

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Someone fatally shot a man in daylight on the Square. Denton’s new lawsuit keeps public in the dark about the details months later: https://t.co/b9MW19pxWZ via @dentonrc

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We will greatly miss Griff Singer, a longtime UT-Austin professor, journalism mentor and friend to so many who died early today. Griff was an ardent supporter of @TxFOIFT. Thank you, Griff, for all you did for journalism, information rights and the First Amendment.

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Diana 'DeeDee' Fuentes was natural leader, champion of journalism and newsroom diversity https://t.co/dH9SETYwQ2 via @expressnews

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We are incredibly saddened that beloved @TxFOIFT board member Diana "Dee Dee" Fuentes has died. She made a deep impact on open government and journalism; she was committed to a free, robust press and the people’s right to know and will be greatly missed. https://t.co/WdwzxKP3JL

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Important sessions today at Sunshine Fest like this one on harassment and even criminalization of FOI requestors. Getting arrested for asking for public information? It has happened around the world and in the U.S, including Texas. #SunshineWeek

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Sunshine Week @TxFOIFT column:
https://t.co/ER9K29SdUC