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Texas cities forced to withdraw from free speech case

donal brown February 6, 2010

Since government agencies cannot suffer First Amendment rights violations, the Texas attorney general said that they cannot particpate in a case against the state’s open meetings law. City council members are contesting the law saying their free speech rights are being denied as the law prohibits government officials from conducting business in secret. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 3, 2010 By Miranda Fleschert Four Texas cities that filed a federal lawsuit

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Amador County: Water agency accused of open meeting violations

donal brown February 6, 2010

A citizens group is calling for an investigation of the Amador Water Agency board for possible Brown Act violations when they held private conferences on board elections. -db Ledger Dispatch February 5, 2010 By Matthew Hedger A local citizens group is asking the Amador Water Agency to seek legal counsel and investigate whether some directors violated provisions of the Brown Act by holding private discussions on board elections. A Jan. 13 letter signed by Vince DeStigter,

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Charging online readers for news content ready for extensive trial

donal brown February 4, 2010

More news outlets are ready to charge for online content now that software has been developed to expedite the process. Newsday, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times already charge online readers. -db The New York Times February 2, 2010 By Richard Pérez-Peña Extracting payment from online readers has been called everything from the next great folly of print journalism to its salvation, but to get a glimpse of how it really looks, head

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Florida high school student booted from honor society for Facebook page criticizing school

donal brown February 4, 2010

First Amendment experts say a high school student may have been wrongly kicked out of the honor society since his comments on Facebook criticizing the school would normally be considered protected speech. -db The Tampa Tribune February 3, 2010 By Ronnie Blair WESLEY CHAPEL, Flor. – Two Florida experts in First Amendment law say a Wesley Chapel High student’s rights may have been violated when he was kicked out of the National Honor Societyover a

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Tulare County: County supervisors’ dinners out may have also violated open meeting law

donal brown February 4, 2010

Records requested under the California Public Records Act show that the five supervisors plus the county administrative officer are running up excessive expense accounts and indicated that the supervisors may have violated California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act, by dining often with a voting majority. -db Visalia Times-Delta Tulare Advance-Register Editorial February 4, 2010

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