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3 Apr 2015, 6:54 am
"Texas judge fit for future Supreme Court spot": Rick Casey has this essay online at The Houston Chronicle about former Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 7:20 am by Tom Smith
Even though the baby girl died, legal experts say the case is complicated by the fact that Colorado is one of 12 states that do not have a fetal homicide law. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 8:33 pm
"High court denies Houston couple's request to dismiss federal charges in 'animal crush video' case": The Houston Chronicle has this report. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 11:38 am by Julie Ferguson
A decade after the BP Texas City explosion that killed 15 and injured 180, U.S. refineries are nearly as deadly as ever, according to Blood Lessons, an investigative journalism report by Houston Chronicle and Texas Tribune that looks at the aftermath of the tragedy at the facility itself and the industry at large. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 5:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The auditor's report is expected in May, reported the Dallas News.Prison riot spurs busted contractThe feds are ending a contract with the South Texas prison where immigration detainees recently rioted, reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 7:49 am by Tom Smith
Even as the church was swarmed with media and sprinkler workers Wednesday, discarded needles, crack pipes, cigarettes and other trash from campers who used other parts of the cathedral’s grounds remained in the dirt and pathways. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 4:06 am by Amy Howe
” Benjamin Wermund of the Houston Chronicle (subscription required) and the Chronicle of Higher Education both discuss the amicus brief that the Cato Institute filed recently in Fisher v. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 4:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Up to 80 percent of juvenile offenders sent to state lockups could instead be held in regional treatment programs under a bill filed Friday, a move that could significantly downsize the state's long-troubled youth corrections system," reported Mike Ward at the Houston Chronicle over the weekend (March 13), adumbrating the details behind state Sen. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 7:22 am
Bates Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Houston School of Law, writes about rap lyrics and free speech here for the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 6:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat and the author of the measure, said the change is needed, adding Texas is the only state that still uses the "key man" system to select grand jurors. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 6:20 am by Jim Sedor
Andrew Curliss for Raleigh News & Observer Texas: “Senate Renews Effort to Move Corruption Unit Out of Travis County” by Brian Rosenthal for Houston Chronicle Texas: “High Hopes for Ethics Reform, but It’s Early” by Jay Root for Texas Tribune [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:23 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and George Masi, CEO of Harrs Health Sytems authord an op ed in the Houston Chronicle (March 6) calling for the state to suspend rather than terminate Medicaid benefits when recipients are incarcerated in the county jail for 30 days. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 5:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Houston Chronicle published a staff editorial this week ("Cellphone Snoops," March 4) lamenting Houston PD's opacity surrounding their use of international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers, known by the trade name "Stingray. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 12:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Like an Austin Statesman editorial earlier this week, Chammah pins the bill's fate largely on the shoulders of Senate Criminal Justice Committee John Whitmire, a critic of the idea who recently told the Houston Chronicle, "I think at 17 you should know right from wrong. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 6:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
So I emailed Nancy Bunin - an attorney in Houston who works on these cases and who has been involved with advocating for reforming the program - asking her to explain what the bill did, how it addressed the problems reported extensively in the Houston Chronicle and elsewhere, and what remains to be done. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 11:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"For about seven years, the Houston Police Department has owned devices that can trick your cellphone into sharing its location and call log by pretending to be a cell tower," reported Karen Chen at the Houston Chronicle (Feb. 27). [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 10:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the Houston Chronicle, "Montgomery County officials are moving to improve medical services at the county jail after a state commission found it had failed to provide timely care to an ailing inmate who later died of natural causes. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 1:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The bill likely, effectively died night before last when the Houston Chronicle published an item on its website by Prof. [read post]