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1 Feb 2013, 3:25 am
The good news was that a bill was passed by the Texas Legislature years ago (the Hinson-Hazlewood Act) that mandated public universities in Texas provide up to 150 hours of tuition exemption for veterans. [read post]
15 May 2017, 6:08 am
Regulations proposed by the Texas State Legislature would mark a blow to shareholder rights, subjecting investors, proxy advisors and other shareholder support firms to unprecedented disclosure requirements, and potentially serving to reverse the recent expansion of proxy access. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 12:46 pm
The death of an African American woman in a Texas police cell in 2015 has paved the way for a new bill in the state legislature that would change police procedure. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 12:46 pm
The death of an African American woman in a Texas police cell in 2015 has paved the way for a new bill in the state legislature that would change police procedure. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 1:40 am
Add Texas to the growing list of states where police lineup reform has made its way to the legislature. [read post]
22 Aug 2006, 8:05 pm
The legislature voided certain underage marriages in Texas because of reports that a polygamist cult in Texas had some parents regularly consenting to marriage of their [fourteen-] and [fifteen-]year-old children. [read post]
24 Oct 2022, 9:20 am
The Texas Legislature will convene for a 140-day regular session. [read post]
14 Jul 2006, 7:20 pm
With the Texas Legislature, though, you can never be quite sure. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 6:46 am
These States include: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 10:26 pm
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) offered the estimates to the 79th Texas Legislature in this 2005 report (pdf):Overview of Matches Between Texas Offenders and Texas MHMR Service RecipientsProbation: 59,612 (15%)Prisons and state jails: 33,008 (22%)Parole: 12,332 (16%)TCJS offered these caveats to the data:Several issues are raised with this encounter data. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 5:37 am
The Texas Legislature completed its regular session and is now in special session to address school financing legislation. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 3:20 am
Today is the day most laws passed by the last session of the Texas Legislature will go into effect. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 5:20 pm
A state judge in Travis County declared that SB8's procedures violated the Texas Constitution because: 1) the legislature cannot grant"any person" injury-less standing; the $10,000 minimum damages is punishment without due process; and the law delegates enforcement power to private persons. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 8:13 am
Hecht delivered the State of the Judiciary on February 1 to a joint session of the state legislature, touching on issues including judicial security and compensation, access to justice, electronic records, and the bail system. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 8:00 am
Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week criticized two immigration enforcement bills before the Texas state legislature that would expand the state’s ability to enforce immigration laws, a matter usually left to the US federal government. [read post]
15 Mar 2024, 1:45 pm
Here are how things stand right now for the controversial Texas Senate Bill 4 (88-4) (“SB4”), which was passed last fall by both houses of the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 11:51 am
Since then, however, access to records in the two areas about which the public most frequently requests information - government contractors and law enforcement - has been gutted by the Legislature, the courts, and a string of state Attorneys General who have consistently narrowed the act since Jim Mattox left office.For about 20-25 years after the Sharpstown Bank scandal - the corruption episode which first spawned Texas' open records and open meetings acts -… [read post]
17 May 2009, 2:52 am
In 1991, the Texas legislature passed the first -- of what would become many -- sex offender registration laws, this one requiring those convicted of incest, sexual assault or indecency to register with the state. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:39 pm
Today, November 13th, was the first day that state representatives and senators could pre-file bills to be considered in the regular session of the Texas Legislature beginning in January. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:39 pm
Today, November 13th, was the first day that state representatives and senators could pre-file bills to be considered in the regular session of the Texas Legislature beginning in January. [read post]
