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Restoring law enforcement transparency and access to dates of birth in public records are major priorities of two open-government legislators who spoke at the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas annual conference.

The Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton County’s primary local newspaper, and KERA, North Texas’ source for PBS and NPR programming, announced they are moving toward KERA’s acquisition of the newspaper.
According to a Record-Chronicle announcement published Sept. 28, the two organizations are currently in a discovery phase, with plans to close the acquisition in 2023.

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act cleared another hurdle Sept. 22, when the proposed legislation passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 15-7 vote.

The U.S. ISSN Center, part of the international ISSN Network, assigns International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) to serials published in the United States.

Obituaries published in the October 2022 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.


Promotions, additions and other staff changes at Texas newspapers