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31 May 2007, 1:16 am
John Whitmire told KWTX TV this week. [read post]
26 May 2007, 1:23 am
There's a real story to be had somewhere when language in the state budget gets changed during a conference committee and conferees from both chambers say they don't know who made the redactions or when! [read post]
3 May 2007, 7:30 am
So what if they don't report, and have absconded? [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 2:47 am
Just a few quick hits on items that I don't have time to turn into full blog posts:Ghost VotingRegulars at the Texas Lege know that ghost voting is rampant, and that members improperly vote for one another all the time. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 2:31 am
Even corrections officers oppose new prison building.The truth is, we don't need new prisons nearly as badly as we need better policies. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 11:19 pm
Yet these are among the most commonly requested types of records, accounting for more than half of all open records appeals by government agencies to the Texas Attorney General.This week a piece of truly bad legislation, SB 740 by Whitmire/Driver has finally passed the Legislature and was sent to Governor Perry's desk for his quite-likely signature. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 3:21 am
Whitmire's SB 823 which expands police wiretapping authrority. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 3:16 am
Whitmire have undertaken to reverse Texas' recent overwhelming prison growth.That's not entirely the committee's fault. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 8:03 am
For reasons already mentioned, this one worries me even more than Whitmire and Riddle's bill, inviting a number of unintended consequences. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 5:35 am
Whitmire's SB 838 which creates intermediate sanctions options for parole violators that should reduce overall parole revocation rates.As described here, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee this week approved SB 308 by Deuell to allow local governments to operate or approve nonprofit needle exchange programs.Finally, on the House floor next week (in addition to a bad bill, HB 1422, discussed previously), an important piece of legislation is up on Monday, HB 1178 by Escobar,… [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:25 am
Whitmire's SB 823 was sent to the Senate's local and consent calendar, and Rep. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 12:04 am
SB 1828 by Whitmire would allow the same thing for alcohol purchases. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 10:58 am
Rick Noriega is carrying HB 3294, which is a companion bill to SB 1097 by Whitmire discussed here. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 7:39 am
I was happy to see Chairman Whitmire's SB 1097 get through reducing penalties on the first offense for criminal trespass on residential property to a C misdemeanor, letting officers remain on the street reducing jail overcrowding.The committee backed Sen. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 4:50 am
It's authored by Ellis, Carona and Deuell, and coauthored by Hinojosa and Whitmire. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 4:50 am
"Let me just tell you," said Whitmire, "because you don't have a board that can be held accountable ... the buck stops with you. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 5:04 am
Chairman Whitmire's SB 1097 takes penalties in the other direction, reducing the penalty for this crime to a C misdemeanor (from a B) on the first offense. [read post]
17 Mar 2007, 2:18 am
Don't make DPS misconduct records secretChairman Whitmire himself is carrying a companion bill to one heard in the House Law Enforcement Committee recently that would make officer misconduct records secret at the Department of Public Safety. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 7:30 am
This falls under the category of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 12:48 pm
It would expand TDCJ's authorization to contract for beds by 1,000 beds in anticipation of Madden and Whitmire's larger community supervision package. [read post]
