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29 Jan 2017, 6:42 am
No chance Williams only got that offer from a starstruck mayor because he's a celebrity and a famous Texas football player. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 3:47 pm
It seems to be the biggest issue in the state’s legislature lately. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 6:42 am
Councilperson Angela Lawson works by day as the lobbyist program manager in the secretary of state’s office. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 1:28 pm
We all know that the Texas legislature is back in session. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 8:09 am
State Representative Tom Craddick, a Republican from Midland, and State Senator Judith Zaffirini, a Democrat from Laredo, have each filed new bills in the state legislature that is meeting in Austin that would ban texting while driving. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 8:09 am
State Representative Tom Craddick, a Republican from Midland, and State Senator Judith Zaffirini, a Democrat from Laredo, have each filed new bills in the state legislature that is meeting in Austin that would ban texting while driving. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 5:15 am
The Dallas Morning News reports that top legislatures in the state a supporting an expansive new voucher program or what they call an education savings account: Parents would get money to pull their kids from Texas public schools and educate them elsewhere, under divisive proposals that two of the state’s... [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 2:47 am
To Prevent Wrongful Convictions Hopefully, the current Texas Legislature will act on the Recommendation and things will change. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 7:42 am
He emphasized that the issues on which the state had asked the justices to weigh in – whether the legislature passed the voter ID law with an intent to discriminate and whether the law violates the federal Voting Rights Act – have not yet been finally determined by the lower courts, where proceedings are still ongoing. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 6:00 am
(See Hamburger’s brief rejoinder along these lines in “Vermeule Unbound” (2016) 94 Texas Law Review 205, at 209.) [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 12:01 am
Because Blackmun rejected substantive due process, he had to overturn the Texas statute on other constitutional grounds. [read post]
21 Jan 2017, 10:48 am
" And John Wright of The Texas Observer reports that "Texas GOP Still Trying to Chip Away at Gay Marriage Ruling; Proposals in the Legislature and a case taken by the Texas Supreme Court attempt to turn back some of the federal law allowing gay marriage. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 9:15 pm
The state legislature’s decision to strike a balance and roll back tort excesses marked a turning point in the state’s economic rise. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 10:37 am
We will work with the California legislature to resist federal government overreach. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 8:00 am
After the New Jersey legislature passed a law that would allow sports betting in casinos and racetracks in the state, professional sports leagues and the NCAA filed a lawsuit, arguing that the state law runs afoul of the PASPA. [read post]
16 Jan 2017, 6:27 am
” by Aaron Davis for The Washington Post Washington: “Lawmakers in Olympia Seek New Campaign-Disclosure and Ethics Rules” by Joseph O’Sullivan for Seattle Times Ethics “After Trump Rebuke, Federal Ethics Chief Called to Testify Before House Lawmakers” by Lisa Rein, Tom Hamburger, and Mike DeBonis for The Washington Post Maryland: “Democrat Michael Vaughn of Prince George’s Resigns from State Legislature” by Ovetta Wiggins for… [read post]
15 Jan 2017, 12:10 pm
The Texas Legislature also passed the Fair Defense Act to aid in delivering indigent defense. [read post]
14 Jan 2017, 6:25 am
"The original intent of state jails fell apart," according to the section of the Texas House Corrections Committee's interim report (pp 43-61 of pdf) on nonviolent drug offenses, because the Legislature prioritized incarceration for addicts over treatment.Who is nonviolent? [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 7:02 am
Moore sought state habeas relief and argued that, under the U.S. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 3:43 pm
The Texas legislature meets once every two years on odd-numbered years. [read post]
