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4 Oct 2010, 4:30 am by Robert A. Kraft
But the anti-immigration fervor in Texas doesn't appear to be as strong as in some other states. [read post]
7 Jun 2024, 8:07 am by Samantha M. Cira
A New Challenger in Federal Court: Texas On May 28, 2024, a fourth lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the CTA. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 5:44 am by Walter Olson
The case helped prompt the Texas legislature to enact stronger protections for defendants against so-called SLAPP suits, a development long overdue in some other states as well. [read post]
1 Mar 2014, 9:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
When the law passed at the Texas Legislature, prosecutors predicted no one would ever be charged under it because the statute is too vague and contains many, often confusing caveats and exceptions that no one - either in the public or among law enforcement - really understands.Arguably, DIY drones aren't engaging in "surveillance" but "sousveillance," or the recording of an activity by a participant in that activity. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 12:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rolling Stone has a feature story on a corrupt drug task force in South Texas that routinely stole drugs and money while on the job.State Rep. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 12:30 pm
Having criticized the Texas Legislature for leaving many of the Youth Commission's biggest problems unaddressed while claiming to have "fixed" the agency, I should give credit where credit's due over the decision to end the contract at the Coke County facility. [read post]
8 May 2012, 1:16 pm
Yet, our state legislature has seen fit to adapt the speed limit rules for semi-truck drivers despite the fact that 18-wheelers are harder to control and more difficult to stop at higher speeds. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 10:02 am
Unfortunately for Texas families, our Gov. decided to veto by refusing to sign a law passed by the legislature dealing with texting while driving in Texas. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 10:51 am
California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas? [read post]
16 May 2023, 3:35 pm by David Kopel
Board of Education, some state legislatures under the sway of anti-civil rights lobbies have engaged in massive resistance to Bruen. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 7:26 am by John McFarland
Earthquakes have also been linked to wastewater disposal operations in North Texas, and the Texas legislature last year funded a study now being conducted under the supervision of the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology to investigate the causal link between increased seismic activity and wastewater disposal in North Texas. [read post]
Laws are not limited to those states, however, with Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and others passing bills banning gender-affirming care. [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 4:36 am by Robin Shea
Republicans in the state legislature passed the Workplace Freedom Act and yesterday overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. [read post]
22 May 2008, 2:51 am
Rick Perry says Texas does not need an innocence commission, which, he asserts, would add an unnecessary bureaucracy to state government. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 4:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So I was interested to see Missouri's Legislature considering policy reforms to reduce its prison expenses. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
Some argue using one drug is more humane.The $33,000-plus cost to the corrections department so far includes remodeling the execution chamber at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, two trips by execution team members to visit prisons in Texas and Indiana and emergency medical technician training.Corrections Director Bob Houston said seven staff members who would be directly involved with executions flew to Huntsville, Texas, on a state plane to spend a… [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 9:33 am by Lowell Brown
A task force designed to help the Texas courts system resume criminal proceedings in light of the COVID-19 pandemic won approval June 24 from the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. [read post]