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An Attorney General letter ruling can determine whether a requester receives all, some, or none of the government records sought. Texans deserve to see the system’s aggregate outcomes, its uncertainty, and the underlying data.
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What you’re looking at
An interactive investigation of Texas open-records letter rulings from 2015 through August 4, 2026: statewide trends, agency comparisons, record types, cited provisions, human cases, and the limits of what the public can see about how rulings are assigned and decided.
The question behind it
Turn the Texas Attorney General’s public ruling database into an inspectable picture of what requesters receive, which agencies and record types differ, and where the public record still cannot explain the process.
Why it matters
An Attorney General letter ruling can determine whether a requester receives all, some, or none of the government records sought. Texans deserve to see the system’s aggregate outcomes, its uncertainty, and the underlying data.
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Sources & method
- Texas Attorney General Public Information Act Decision Database
- OAG open-records letter rulings, 2015–Aug. 4, 2026
Method
426,021 logical OAG rulings classified by outcome from 2015 through Aug. 4, 2026. “Full release” means the ruling was classified as requiring release of all requested information; it is not the success rate for every Texas public-information request. Provision fields change measurement method at the 2023/2024 boundary and signer associations are not causal findings.