In First Amendment win, Texas court opens first on-receipt queue

After more than a year of litigation, Austin’s state court opened a review queue Monday that allows journalists to report on e-filed civil complaints as they are received.

“Yeah, it’s cool. It’s shocking. It’s hard to process that we have it after all this time,” said Courthouse News bureau chief Madison Venza. “It’s everything that’s coming in. It’s all from today. Travis County is the first court I ever covered. I started in 2005. It seems extra special to me because it’s my home court. And it’s a big win."

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