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24 Nov 2017, 1:21 am by NCC Staff
Taylor also supported New Mexico in a border dispute with Texas. [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 10:26 am by Robert Guest
This type of estate is the exact reason that the Texas Legislature enacted chapter 205 of the Estate’s Code. [read post]
19 Nov 2017, 4:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee received several "interim charges" recently, including one directing them to study:current Texas criminal justice system policies and practices regarding 17- to 25-year-olds, specific to probation, parole, state jail confinement, and discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or county jail. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 7:05 pm by Jim Sedor
It was the exact amount paid by the muckraking Bly when she bought off the state Legislature in 1888, successfully defeating a piece of legislation. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 12:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Both Texas' own experience and the examples of other states show #2 was correct, and #3 has always to me seemed self-evident, the Legislative Budget Board's pro-enhancement posturing notwithstanding. [read post]
12 Nov 2017, 5:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Davis, seeking funds for investigation into an ineffective assistance claim.A state district court considers Ex Parte Flores in which the key eyewitness was subjected to hypnosis before changing her ID of the suspect. [read post]
11 Nov 2017, 10:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The MP story notes this in passing, declaring that, "Now, the politics show signs of shifting, and a renewed effort is underway to push the legislature to overhaul state discovery rules, following the example of traditionally more conservative states such as North Carolina and Texas. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 10:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Youth crime in Texas plummeted at even greater rates than crime overall when Texas shifted most offending youth into local systems.Expanding on that model for the last thousand-or-so kids left in Texas youth prisons would also afford the chance to shift to smaller-scale units run on a more treatment-centric basis. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 9:02 am by Jim Sedor
StatehouseWashington Post – Antonio Olivo | Published: 11/8/2017 Democrat Danica Roem is set to make history as the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state Legislature in the U.S. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 12:45 pm
But Tuesday’s election underscored that in a constitutional democracy, Trump’s ability to do damage can be—and has been—substantially checked, even when his party controls Congress and two-thirds of the state legislatures, and, with his Supreme Court appointment, has a majority on the Court. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 8:24 am by Colby Pastre
    2017 Wireless State-Local Rate 2017 Federal  USF Rate 2017 Combined  Federal/State/Local Rate Table 2. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 11:15 am by Eric Quitugua
To view a list of other free veteran legal clinics around the state, please go to the State Bar’s Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans webpage at texasbar.com/veterans. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 11:15 am by Eric Quitugua
To view a list of other free veteran legal clinics around the state, please go to the State Bar’s Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans webpage at texasbar.com/veterans. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
” At his eponymous blog, Lyle Denniston reports that “Texas state officials, who strongly oppose abortion, are expected to enter the case now in the Supreme Court to urge the Justices to rule that a non-citizen who has entered the country illegally does not have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. [read post]
4 Nov 2017, 1:51 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Go here to ask Texas state leaders to waive Driver Responsibility Program surcharges for people living in Harvey-affected areas.Ultimately, they should abolish the DRP entirely. [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 7:37 am by William K. Berenson
But suing state agencies and their employees can be difficult, if not impossible, since our state legislature has imposed strict limitations on liability, damages amounts, and legal procedures. [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 4:20 am by Sasha Volokh
States generally have analogous language in their own constitutions: for instance, the Texas and Georgia Constitutions have Contract Clauses with nearly identical language to the federal version. [read post]