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20 Apr 2016, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas is the largest state for whom indigent defense is primarily a county responsibility. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 1:39 am
However, thanks to a 1989 statute won by police uions at the Legislature, those same records are closed at 73 Texas cities that have adopted the state civil service code (Chapter 143.o89(g) of the Local Government Code).This has always been a personal beef of mine - most of these 73 cities opted into the civil service code via plebiscites in the '40s and '50s. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 9:27 am by Aaron Tang
The Texas legislature adopts new maps during 2013, for which it must obtain preclearance. [read post]
25 May 2011, 9:55 am by Nicole Kief, ACLU
  And it didn’t stop the South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota legislatures from passing voter ID bills either. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 4:11 pm by Steve Hall
  Such a law, if passed by the Texas Legislature, would apply only to state prosecutions.The Texas Legislature passed legislation in 2001 to ban the execution of those with mental retardation, but the legislation was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 6:19 am
Chance for input on Texas substance abuse fundingSimilarly, the Department of State Health Services is requesting public comments on their "intended use plan" for a grant application to the feds for substance abuse treatment funds that make up 85% of state treatment money. [read post]
3 Jun 2013, 7:52 am
The session is over, and the Texas legislature has failed once again to pass sunset legislation for the Texas Railroad Commission. [read post]
2 Jan 2011, 9:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
They fear that cuts by the Legislature to mental health services will further shift costs to Harris County (and by extension, all counties), citing a similar outcome after budget cuts in 2003:A prime example of cost shifting has occurred within the Harris County Jail, now the largest mental health facility in Texas. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 3:51 am by Bob Kraft
They should study why some states have uninsured rates that are nearly half of Texas’. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 2:58 am by Bob Kraft
They should study why some states have uninsured rates that are nearly half of Texas’. [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 6:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The courts aren't going to fix this and the appellate judges are telling us the Legislature hasn't done so either, yet. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 10:00 am by Louis Leichter
In fact, if anything, I feel the Board of Nursing could benefit from even greater authority to resolve cases through the kind of confidential order/process that is available to other state licensing entities such as the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and the Texas Medical Board through the new Physician Health Program. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 4:25 am by David DePaolo
Overall prescription drug costs for injured workers have declined 15%.A study by WCRI published last year postulated that a Texas-like formulary would likely result in savings for other states. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 7:03 am by Dan Carvajal
At minimum states should allow sellers to register with SSUTA rather than requiring state-by-state registrations, allow SSUTA service providers to work with their state, restrict multistate audits, and provide taxability, exemption, rate, and boundary data for download on their websites. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 6:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In Dallas a TV station has a story titled "Most Texas parole officers say they are overworked," which is based on a report from the state auditor discussed on Grits a couple of months ago. [read post]