Major news outlets sue Texas agency for withholding Uvalde shooting records
by Erum Salam in Texas from US news | The Guardian on (#62529)
Lawsuit says Texas Department of Public Safety declined to provide any meaningful information' regarding events of that day
More than a dozen major US news organizations are banding together to sue the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for failing to release public records related to the shooting at Robb elementary school in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
The lawsuit comes after reporters from these local and national news outlets were denied over 70 requests made to the DPS surrounding the shooting under the Texas Public Information Act, which requires governmental bodies to release information in the interest of the public.
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