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10 Mar 2011, 7:26 am
Two state regulatory authorities have absolved frac'ed wells from responsibility for contaminating drinking water in Colorado and Texas. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 7:55 am
In 2005, the Texas Legislature voted to let jurors choose life without parole or execution for capital murder. [read post]
30 Dec 2007, 10:48 am
Image Source: www.safetyforum.com/lemon Please contact your state legislatures about this loophole in your state lemon law. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 6:54 am
Maybe so, I only feel qualified to speak reliably on Texas. [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 7:03 am
But Texas is a big state with a lot of local jurisdictions. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 3:19 pm
In November 2015, the people of Texas will vote on a right to hunt amendment which has been referred to the people the state legislature. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 10:57 am
Although state Rep. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 3:51 am
At the same time the agency is being forced to slash its budget.Also, when patients’ legal rights were severely restricted — or in many cases eliminated — by the Legislature in 2003, an office of patient protection was created. [read post]
9 Feb 2016, 6:22 am
”If he's right, that would signal a major shift.For some years now, many advocates including your correspondent have considered civil courts a non-viable avenue for police reform in Texas because of qualified immunity, a culture of tort-reform among state judges, and the prosecutor-friendly 5th Circuit waiting to reduce or overturn any verdict that might be achieved at trial. [read post]
9 Feb 2013, 9:21 am
Looking ahead to next week at the Texas Legislature, few committees are meeting yet and discussions about the budget remain the dominant policy matters in play. [read post]
14 May 2009, 4:35 pm
Texas House OKs UNT law school in Dallas [Dallas News] Related: Dallas-Fort Worth - United States - Texas - Education - Law [read post]
16 Jan 2021, 12:40 am
In order to be binding on the courts, such a treaty would have to be ratified by national legislatures. [read post]
31 May 2011, 5:22 am
Something similar applies to members of the Texas legislature. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
” In fact, people in red states like Texas should want to consider the NPV plan, since under the current system predictably red states get ignored in the election campaign just as surely as predictably blue states do. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 3:14 pm
Say what you will about the "defund" message, but there's more activity going on around the state regarding police reform, not to mention more bills filed on the topic at the Texas Legislature, than at any time this century. [read post]
4 Jul 2013, 6:32 am
As this map from Texas Prison Bidness shows, however, the state remains littered with private prisons to a quite remarkable degree. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 1:04 pm
More Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees voluntarily left the agency last year than workers in any other state department, state reports show.The article offered up this description of the consequences of understaffing at rural, adult prison units:Most guards spend 12-hour shifts in poorly heated or cooled prisons, [retired warden Keith Price] said.Meanwhile, overtime costs soar. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 7:29 am
"The county funded about $50,000 for the program, and the department also received $50,000 from the state to staff a second care manager, Leach said. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 6:25 am
Grits would like to see Texas rationalize this mess by 2020 as well, but as long as the topic is considered through the lens of state-level partisanship instead of county-level pragmatism, changing it in the near future would be an uphill climb. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm
Good news for criminal justice reform: the 2013 state legislatures have already introduced a number of impressive bills that build on the growing momentum of the last few years. [read post]
