Why Gov. Abbott will likely succeed in hiding Musk emails from public

Texas continues to swing a wrecking ball at the once-sturdy framework it built to promote open government. A few months ago, we voiced concern about a lawsuit that might make it impossible for district courts to review Gov. Greg Abbott’s and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s decisions to withhold public records. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Abbott and Paxton, deciding that only the high court itself could compel these powerful offices to release records they want to keep secret. The outcome of that ruling will be a less transparent executive branch, one with a license to flaunt the state’s open records laws. That realization sunk in this week, when the Texas Newsroom reported that Abbott’s office is challenging the outlet’s request for emails among the governor, his staff and billionaire Elon Musk. Those communications are of high public interest. Texans have a right to know what policy matters the governor’s office is discussing with Musk, former adviser to President Donald Trump and a mogul with expansive business interests in our state. The governor’s public inforWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times