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16 Apr 2015, 9:30 pm
Initially passed in 1965, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act required “covered jurisdictions,” at first in the Deep South and later extended to Texas, Arizona, Alaska, and certain counties and townships in other states, to “pre-clear” any changes in their election laws with the Justice Department or the District Court of the District of Columbia before putting them into effect. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 8:27 pm
Jackson Walker an Amlaw 200 firm based in Texas has promoted Greg Lambert to their roster of C-level leaders. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 1:50 pm
Sean Whaley of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Department of Corrections Director Greg Cox is seeking approximately $829,000 to build a new execution chamber at Ely State Prison, but expects that architectural firms will avoid participating in the design. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 12:56 pm
A defendant resisting a suit on a sworn account must comply with the rules of pleading and timely file a verified denial or he will not be permitted to dispute the receipt of the services or the correctness of the charges. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm
In Texas v. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 12:10 pm
The line of demarcation between professional and personal goodwill is precisely the line between goodwill that departs with the professional and goodwill that remains with the business. [read post]
5 Apr 2015, 7:05 am
Rick Perry has already named Jefferson twice to Texas' high civil court, first as a Texas Supreme Court Justice, then as its Chief Justice. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 6:50 am
Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire last night passed a pair of bills out of committee - decriminalizing truancy and further downsizing of Texas youth prisons - which between them would significantly alter Texas' juvenile justice system for the better. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 6:10 am
Flowers was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Correction (TDC). [read post]
22 Mar 2015, 3:07 pm
See FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XI) issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on January 24, 2013; Notice 2013-54 and DOL Technical Release 2013-03 issued on September 13, 2013; IRS FAQ on Employer Healthcare Arrangements; and FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XXII) issued by DOL and HHS on November 6, 2014. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 6:34 am
From fiscal 2009 through the first part of 2015, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice paid more than 600 legal claims worth nearly $4.5 million. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 7:25 am
House backs prison guard raiseBudget writers in the Texas House "added a 10 percent raise for correctional officers, citing numerous vacancies," reported Peggy Fikac at the SA Express News. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 5:33 am
Police departments across the nation have relied on non-disclosure agreements to keep citizens in the dark about what the devices are capable of. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 6:25 pm
The multidisciplinary team [MDT] reviews records of prisoners to determine who will be targeted for civil commitment.The bill specifies that the MDT will include a mental health professional from the Department of State Health Services; one victim services officer from TDCJ; one person from the sex offender rehabilitation program from TDCJ; a peace officer from Texas Department of Public Safety; two people from the Texas Civil Commitment Office; and a licensed sex… [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 4:33 am
"So there you have it - in Texas a workers' compensation claims payer, be it insurance company or third party administrator, really does acquire the same characteristics of exclusive remedy as its insured employer.This is the best news of the century for the Texas insurance industry.It's also the most frightful period of time for the working population in that state.Making the Texas Department of Insurance and Division of Workers' Compensation… [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 11:46 am
District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Brownsville), issued an opinion and order in which he preliminarily enjoined nationwide operation of the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans" (DAPA) program--the regulatory initiative that was the subject of a wide-ranging Balkinization symposium last November. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 4:39 am
"The department is seeking funding for additional treatment and diversion programming from the 84th Texas Legislature. [read post]
21 Feb 2015, 5:28 am
There was no difference between a slip and fall in a department store lobby and a slip and fall in the hospital lobby. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 7:42 am
Here's a simple recipe for cutting corrections budgets in Texas at both the state and local level by reducing incarceration of nonviolent offenders:Make small-time drug possession a Class A misdemeanorPass legislation reducing penalties for possessing less than a gram of a controlled substance (roughly the contents of a Sweet-N-Low packet) from a state jail felony to a Class A misdemeanor, with a penalty of up to a $4,000 fine and a year in jail. [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 5:21 pm
., executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, opened thusly:Of all the statistics that point to an urgent need to reform the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons, there’s one that is most striking: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released more than 1,200 people directly from solitary confinement back into Texas communities in 2013. [read post]
