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16 May 2015, 8:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Both reform bills in the House this session died on the calendar Thursday night.Don't double down on stupidThe Houston Chronicle unwisely suggested giving the GR portion of Driver Responsibility surcharges to trauma hospitals in addition to the 49.5% of the money they get now, which Grits thinks is a terrible idea. [read post]
15 May 2015, 5:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Sylvester Turner's bill overhauling the sex-offender civil commitment program, reported the Houston Chronicle's Mike Ward and Anita Hassan. [read post]
14 May 2015, 5:54 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A Houston Chronicle editorial (May 11) rightly praised "ban the box" legislation for state agencies which the Texas House passed today. [read post]
14 May 2015, 4:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Houston Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg penned a column laying blame for the grand-jury reform mess at Dutton's feet, and though I like and respect Dutton, that's a sentiment universally shared by insiders observing the debacle close up. [read post]
13 May 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
The magic of immunity: DEA commandeered truck for fatal sting, but doesn’t owe owner even the cost of bullet holes [Houston Chronicle, Radley Balko, Scott Greenfield] Federal takeover of local policing is a truly bad idea [Glenn Reynolds, USA Today; Elizabeth Price Foley] Some of government’s worst messes come when there’s bipartisan agreement, as with lack of police accountability [Coyote] “Is Rakoff the Only Judge Not In Love with DOJ? [read post]
12 May 2015, 4:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So if some of those 73 votes can be flipped - perhaps not an impossible task - he can try again.See coverage from the Houston Chronicle and the Dallas News. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 6:00 pm by Colin O'Keefe
To Fire or Not to Fire for Employee’s Social Media Posts – Houston attorney Travis Crabtree of Gray Reed & McGraw on his blog, eMedia Law Insider The Treatment of Health Data Under the EU Data Protection Regulation – Cause for Hope? [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The crisis over Texas' dysfunctional sex offender civil commitment program deepened this week, reported the Houston Chronicle's Mike Ward and Anita Hassan (April 25), and, though legislation is in the works to modify the process, "Even if the reforms are approved, the housing crisis will remain. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
His report did not include information from medical examiners, who use drug screens to identify many more overdoses, according to a joint investigation by the Houston Chronicle and the Austin American-Statesman.Only 622 deaths reported across Texas in 2013 were specifically blamed on opioids - mostly painkillers, based on death certificate data cited by Lakey's department.But 798 prescription-drug related deaths were recorded by local medical examiners that year in just 17 of… [read post]
25 Apr 2015, 3:01 am by Embajador Microjuris al Día
Por ello, un juez federal de quiebras ordenó que Jeremy Alcede entregara estas contraseñas al nuevo operador de la tienda de armas, determinando que las cuentas de redes sociales son bienes del negocio aunque Alcede le haya eliminado el nombre Tactical Firearms y haya puesto su nombre, de acuerdo al diario Houston Chronicle. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 11:00 pm by Doug Austin
I don’t get to cover a story very often that originates from my hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, but here is an interesting story about a former gun store owner being jailed for refusing to turn over the passwords to the social media accounts that used to be associated with his business. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 10:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Court of Criminal Appeals in November overturned Alfred Brown's capital murder conviction for allegedly shooting a Houston police officer "after the Harris County District Attorney's Office acknowledged it had withheld material evidence that supported his alibi," reported Lisa Falkenberg at the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 12:10 am by WOLFGANG DEMINO
 March 16, 2015 Houston Chronicle article on wayward cow collision case and lawyer's argument that personal injury suit following collision is med-mal because a doctor owned the cattle that crossed into the country road. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 8:00 am by Gregory J. Brod
  According to The Houston Chronicle and information resource HCPro,  James DeVage sought physical therapy for back pain. [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 5:42 am by Embajador Microjuris al Día
La medida propone además que aquellos ciudadanos que porten armas no puedan grabar actividad policial a menos de 100 pies de distancia, de acuerdo con el periódico Houston Chronicle. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 3:33 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
An article in the Houston Chronicle begins--In the world of academia, ideas are currency. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 6:24 am
"Lawyers for health agency, religious nonprofits present case to federal appeals court; Federal lawyers ask 5th Circuit panel to overturn ruling in favor HBU, other religious nonprofits on mandated": Allan Turner of The Houston Chronicle has this report. [read post]
5 Apr 2015, 8:46 pm
"Appeals court to consider religious exemptions in Baptist-based contraception case; U.S. appeals court to hear challengeover federal health care mandate": Allan Turner of The Houston Chronicle has an article that begins, "The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. [read post]