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8 Feb 2015, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
Reed (Illinois State University)“Why Moynihan Was Not So Misunderstood At the Time”John Arena (College of Staten Island)“Daniel Patrick Moynihan, William Julius Wilson and ‘De-concentrating’ Public Housing: The Case of New OrleansMegan French-Marcelin (Columbia University)“Surveying the ‘Pathological’: Persistence of the Moynihan Report in Planning Discourse”Comment: Thavolia Glymph (Duke University)New Perspectives on A. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 7:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At a Texas House Appropriations subcommittee meeting this week, legislators and staff openly discussed the possibility of additional prison closures in response to the budget crunch. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 9:15 am
With the 2016 legislative session starting up in the states, there will be more anti-transgender vitriol like we saw in Houston. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 4:39 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
See also coverage from KLRD, KXAN, the Houston Chronicle, and Grits' preview of the issues on the agenda. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 8:48 am by WIMS
" Hearing website with statements, all testimony and webcast<> House Hearing - Department of Energy Science and Technology Priorities - GOP website with background, statements, webcast and testimony of Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, U.S. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 7:54 am
"Houston (and anywhere else there’s a compounding pharmacy) we have a problem." [read post]
13 Jan 2018, 8:46 pm
Supreme Court takes up challenge to SEC in-house judges" and "U.S. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 12:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"Deliberately indifferent TDCJ medical care caused heart attackThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a plaintiff in a case alleging TDJC's deliberate indifference contributed to an inmate's heart attack.Suicide kills more TDCJ inmates than executionsSuicide attempts in Texas prisons have doubled in the last four years, reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 7:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" At a House County Affairs Committee hearing in May, legislators discussed simply reducing penalties for pot possession and driving with an invalid license (DWLI) because so few departments were using this authority and local jails were still too full of petty pot offenders.Austin to eliminate rape kit backlogThanks to extra staff and funding Austin PD plans to eliminate its rape-kit backlog - which is much smaller than was Houston's - within 12 months, the chief… [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 11:17 am
According to prosecutors the 14-year-old victim is presently living in a halfway house and receiving the help she needs. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 11:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Furthermore, data reveal that units housing women, who represent approximately 12,000 individuals in TDCJ and the fastest-growing prison population, had some of the highest suicide rates in the entire system.Why should the public care whether prison conditions are safe or lead to hopelessness? [read post]
21 Oct 2017, 6:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And our two senators both sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, meaning they'll have outsized voices in debates over bipartisan asset forfeiture reform amendments recently voted out of the US House. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 5:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The draft Senate budget reduces prison healthcare by $1.3 million, while the House budget only gave them $160 million of what they need. [read post]
13 Apr 2019, 3:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention while mine is focused elsewhere:Hurricane Harvey aftermath still affecting Harris CountyThe Houston Chronicle reports on long delays and an uncertain future for Harris County criminal courts. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 10:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Though the warrant requirement was vigorously opposed by law enforcement, it passed the Texas House by a 126-4 margin and came within a hair of making it to the Governor's desk. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 8:12 am
So get some dry staples in the house. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 2:02 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
These critiques offhand seemed strained and odd to me; they may have applied to an earlier version of the bill, but not so much to the version that finally passed.Civil commitment program unravelingA judge refused to order five sex offenders into the state's revamped civil commitment program, reported the Houston Chronilce. [read post]