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NEWS RELEASE: The Student Press Law Center joins coalition to defend The University Star’s right to publish controversial op-ed

December 11, 2017August 17, 2020 Student Press Law Center

The SPLC has cosigned a letter with Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and National Coalition Against Censorship demanding Texas State University reverse its threats to defund TSU's student newspaper in the wake of a controversial op-ed.

In Texas, access delayed: Public records appeal process invites abuse

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March 3, 2015September 5, 2018 Mark Keierleber

Texas law starts with the assumption that a requestor is owed records within 10 days. But asking the attorney general for an opinion stops the clock and can push the agency’s response time back by a month-and-a-half — which makes the process vulnerable to manipulation by an agency seeking to run out the clock on a deadline-sensitive request.