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6 Oct 2014, 6:35 pm
The Houston Chronicle : Abortion providers ask Supreme Court for reprieve, by Brian M. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 7:23 am
A story in the Houston Chronicle (Oct. 3) opened:A state parole commissioner in Huntsville has been taken off the job after being indicted for tampering with an official document, accused of falsifying state records to incorrectly show that inmates refused to go to their parole interviews.The alleged omission by Pamela D. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 8:30 am
She noted that the scandal is "nothing new for Houston. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 7:59 am
Texas – DeLay’s Decade-Long Legal Fight Comes to an End Houston Chronicle – Lauren McGaughy | Published: 10/1/2014 Texas’ highest criminal court upheld a lower court’s ruling overturning former U.S. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 5:44 pm
"Appeals court allows Texas abortion regulations to take effect": The Houston Chronicle has this news update. [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 11:53 am
" The Sheriff told the Houston Chronicle the episode was a one-off. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 8:03 am
Michael Brick has written an excellent article in the Houston Chronicle about the Texas Railroad Commission's new seismologist, David Craig Pearson. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 1:10 pm
The report from the Houston Chronicle says the accident happened around 8:45 Sunday night. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 8:26 am
A recent article by the Houston Chronicle explains that the number of "triple tragedy" accidents--crashes that claim three or more lives--has gone up steadily over the past few years. [read post]
21 Sep 2014, 8:50 am
Their interests are mainly in continuing adequate supply in the labor market, but at this moment in history that aligns their interests with less-government reformers on the left and right who think limited state resources should be spent on more productive endeavors than incarceration.Abuses reveal Houston cops' mercenary view of ticket writingProsecutors in Houston will dismiss hundreds of Class C charges, reported the Houston Chronicle (Sept. 18), because… [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 5:58 am
Texas – Campaigns, Consultants Disregard Ethics Commission Resolution Houston Chronicle – David Saleh Rauf | Published: 9/11/2014 The Texas Ethics Commission adopted a resolution last year saying that campaigns should not use the agency’s sworn complaint process as a tool to smear an opposing candidate. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 3:19 pm
Construction everywhere in Texas is booming but, reported the Houston Chronicle ("Low skill jobs hard to fill as Obama considers immigration policy," Sept. 7):About half of all Texas construction workers are here illegally, according to a report last year by the Workers Defense Project and the University of Texas. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 7:18 am
But, for CVS and HEB pharmacies, who allegedly sold drugs to an unlicensed doctor, the result was a stiff fine: "CVS Pharmacy, Inc. paid a civil penalty of $1,912,500 on Thursday, while H-E-B paid $262,500 in early August to resolve the alleged violations of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970," reported the Houston Chronicle ("HEB, CVS, pay more than two million in drug penalties," Sept. 5).This pattern became apparent after the… [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 9:15 pm
Hughes in Houston said today in a 10-page summary ruling, finding that the case was ultimately about “paperwork wrinkles” instead of engineering shortcuts. [read post]
30 Aug 2014, 2:53 pm
Just to clear my browser tabs, here are a few mostly unrelated links that haven't made it into independent Grits posts but deserve readers' attention::Houston Chronicle (Aug. 27): "Overburdened and underfunded immigration judges decry 'Cinderella' court system"Dallas Morning News (Aug. 27): "Tarrant County compiles resources to help felons succeed after life in prison" SA Express-News (Aug. 27): "Texas court could settle DWI… [read post]
30 Aug 2014, 7:26 am
. - and exhibit a voracious appetite for it.In related news, Houston police chief Charles McLelland asked city hall this week "for $8 million to equip 3,500 police officers over three years with small body cameras to record encounters between law enforcement and residents as a way of improving accountability and transparency," reported the Houston Chronicle (Aug. 28). [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 5:59 am
Texas – Ethics Commission Takes Aim at Texas Dark Money Houston Chronicle – David Saleh Rauf (San Antonio Express News) | Published: 8/21/2014 The Texas Ethics Commission moved forward with a measure to reveal secret campaign contributors despite a pending federal lawsuit by a conservative group over whether the agency has the authority to regulate dark money disclosure. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 9:15 pm
Tweet Tags: Houston, police, prosecutionIn Houston, grand jury frequent fliers is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 8:32 am
Texas: “Ethics Commission takes aim at Texas dark money” by David Saleh Rauf in the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 9:15 pm
Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis wants to abolish the statute of limitations on sex assault charges [Scott Greenfield, Dallas News, Houston Chronicle] Tweet Tags: statutes of limitationsAnd rights of the accused be damned is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
