Open records and meetings under siege in Texas says observers
Steve Showalter, a government professor at Lee College in Baytown, argues that open records and open meetings laws in Texas are eroding. He notes GLO PSF mismanagement and secrecy, court decisions weakening disclosure, and warnings about private contracts and walking quorums. He urges vigilance at local meetings.
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Texas
Texas General Land Office
PSF
GLO
Politi
Cally
State Supreme Court
Ken Paxton
Texas Legislative Budget Board
LBB
Abbott
Goose Creek
Lee College
Steve Showalter
Baytown
AP poll shows broad concern over 2020 foreign meddling
The AP-NORC poll finds a majority of Americans worry about foreign interference in the 2020 election, with Democrats more concerned than Republicans. About 63 percent have major concerns about at least one form of interference, including altering results or influencing candidates, while fears echo Russia’s 2016 tactics.
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Washington
Associated Press-Norc Center For Public Affairs Research
U.S
Russia
WikiLeaks
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Robert Mueller
Today in History highlights big events through years
On this date major moments include 1782 Congress approves the Great Seal of the United States, 1893 Lizzie Borden is found not guilty in New Bedford, 1967 Muhammad Ali is convicted then overturned, 2001 Andrea Yates harms her children but retrial acquits by insanity, and a 2023 reversal of Trump’s family-separation policy. Thought for Today quotes Alfred North Whitehead.
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Congress
United States
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Lizzie Borden
Muhammad Ali
Houston
Ali
U.S. Supreme Court
Andrea Yates
Yates
Donald Trump
Trump
Alfred North Whitehead
Goose Creek Ferry History Through Baytown to Cedar Bayou Path
Baytown archival notes recount the Goose Creek ferry era from Lynchburg to Goose Creek Road laid out 1840 to 1847, with pull ferry operations, license renewals, and price schedules. It traces ownership shifts, legal disputes with Bagland Orphan Home, replacement ferries, a 1918 concrete crossing, a 1923 bridge, and remnants of Durain Ferry Road guiding today’s geography.
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Goose Creek
Lynchburg
Bayway Drive
Missouri Street
Samuel D. Page
Benjamin Roper
Bayland Park
Shearn
Cedar Bayou
Page
Bagland Orphan Home Board of Directors
Bagland
Market Street
Baytown
Lee High School
F. D. Tompkins
Charles du
Durain
Ilfrey
Page’s Ferry
Charles Durain
Bagland Orphan Home
Charles Scoregga
Commissioners Court
Magee
Katherine Bielstein Scott
van Meldert
Louis
Keith
Harris County Commissioners
Kilgore
Pelly
W. Main St
Durain Ferry
W. Main Street
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Baytown Sun
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Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Twitter
Thebaytownsun
Ess
Carol Skewes
David Bloom
Dean West
Reader al Carol Skewes
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Mike Wilson
the Sun
P.O
Sunnews
Enu
Southern Newspapers Inc
Tarrier
Ted
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