Recent News About Urban Reform Institute

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  Urban Reform Institute Says Texas Public Information Law “Useless”

  Charles Blain of the Urban Reform Institute told Lone Star Standard that procedures used to prevent or delay access to public information in Texas make the Texas Public Information Act ineffective. They have “rendered the law useless,” Blain said in an interview with the Texas Talks podcast.

  By Lone Star Standard

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  Urban Reform Institute president: 'Long past time' to end practice of arrests over fine-only offenses

  The practice of arresting individuals involved in fine-only offenses should be outright banned, according to an urban policy analyst.

  By Juliette Fairley

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