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25 Jul 2017, 2:04 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Yesterday, Just Liberty filed a formal petition to initiate rule making at the Texas Department of Public Safety to substantially limit arrests by state troopers for non-jailable Class C misdemeanors. [read post]
23 Jul 2017, 5:11 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Moving on, on a related matter, Just Liberty is about to file a petition with the Texas Department of Public Safety requesting that they initiate rule-making to limit arrests by Texas State Troopers for non-jailable offense. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 8:15 am
" Here are just a handful of highlights:AALL announced that it is removing Texas from consideration for future conference location due to the Texas Legislature, Lt. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, Ms. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 11:47 am by Alexandra Vernis
The Texas Legislature convened a special session Tuesday, July 18, 2017. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 3:39 am by Michael Lowe
See, e.g., Texas Penal Code 38.23 (Texas Exclusionary Rule), where the Texas Legislature passed a specific statute providing that “… no evidence obtained by an officer or other person in violation of any provisions of the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas, or the Constitution or laws of the United States of America, shall be admitted in evidence against the accused on the trial of any criminal case. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 6:04 am by Mark S. Humphreys
Thanks to new money and oversight from the Texas Legislature, the state can now pursue workers’ compensation fraud cases without relying on an unusual and much-criticized funding deal between a private insurance company and the Travis County district attorney’s office. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 7:32 pm
Martin fled Austin, but, as Ivins noted, the police 'tracked him to earth at his momma’s house, where he was found hiding in the stereo cabinet.' She added, 'He always did want to be the Speaker.'"From "America’s Future Is Texas/With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether," by Lawrence Wright (in The New… [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 4:30 am by Donna Ballman
 Now, back to Texas (and this applies to most other states too). [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 8:52 pm by Jim Sedor
Red States Won’t Let Them.New York Times – Emily Badger | Published: 7/6/2017 In the last few years, Republican-controlled state Legislatures have intensified the use of what are known as pre-emption laws, to block towns and cities from adopting measures favored by the left. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 6:10 am by WOLFGANG DEMINO
When approved, registered, and delivered to the purchasers, the bonds are incontestable and constitute general obligations of the State of Texas. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by John Floyd
  Civil forfeiture reform once again died on the vine in the Texas legislature in 2017. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by John Floyd
  Civil forfeiture reform once again died on the vine in the Texas legislature in 2017. [read post]
9 Jul 2017, 11:16 pm by Ken White
When I first heard that he managed to convince a judge to essentially ignore the law and the clear intent of the Michigan legislature, I thought about just letting this one go. [read post]
8 Jul 2017, 8:25 am
When presented with a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute, we presume that the statute is valid and that the Legislature has not acted arbitrarily or unreasonably. [read post]
6 Jul 2017, 8:37 pm by Jim Sedor
They include companies that have business before the state Legislature: retailers, banks, telecommunications firms, insurers, utilities, and a wide range of health-care providers. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 2:42 pm
"America's Future Is Texas: With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state's demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation's bellwether. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 8:43 am by Dan Carvajal
Table 1 provides a full state-by-state listing of state and local sales tax rates. [read post]