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21 Jul 2009, 11:31 pm
The state of medical care in Texas sees more potential for decline, as two whistle blower nurses are criminally charged after expressing patient safety concerns;I've written before that the best way to put me out of business is for doctors to say "I'm sorry. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:40 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
They have state-specific pages for each jurisdiction; here's the one for Texas.By their calculations, 47 percent of people entering Texas prisons in 2017 were revoked either from probation or parole - 36 percent from probation, 11 percent from parole.My first thought was to double-check their math, so here's my calculations using verifiable, public sourcing.In Texas, according to an annual TDCJ report to the legislature, probation revocations to prison… [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 12:52 pm
"Texas still has a long way to go to ensure that the innocent remain free and the guilty are brought to justice," said state Sen. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 12:56 pm by John McFarland
  The miss-use of division orders led to the Texas Legislature's passage of the division order statute. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
"Texas judge puts state's death penalty on trial," is the Reuters report by Chris Baltimore. [read post]
17 Mar 2007, 6:15 pm
During the week, students immediately put what they learned into action during activities such as the "Day of Innocence Rally" at the Texas capitol, when they visited members of the Texas Legislature and lobbied them on the need for a moratorium on executions. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 8:56 pm by Mark Bennett
While we were gone, Texas’s anti-TSA-groping bill (not this one, which would have made TSA gropes a felony, but a watered-down one) died, showing the Texas Legislature incapable of calling a US Attorney’s bluff. [read post]
12 Dec 2020, 2:23 pm by John Floyd
Cash bail reform failed in the 2019 Texas Legislature, mostly because of opposition from these two officials. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 10:38 am by Lyle Denniston
Texas allows motorists who are willing to pay an extra fee to buy a license plate with a special message, generated either by the legislature, the state motor vehicle department on request by a non-profit group, or an individual or organization acting through a vendor. [read post]
29 Jun 2007, 2:34 am
"The Legislature has given me a huge unfunded mandate," he added. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 1:45 pm by Adam Kielich
First, the Texas legislature has expressed that it is the policy of the state to enforce child support orders to ensure the children of the state are cared for. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 7:46 am
It was like listening to complaints from third world countries, not the great state of Texas. [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 7:55 am by Evan George
“In my years in the Legislature, nothing has given me more satisfaction than this amendment,” said former Pennsylvania State Senator Franklin Kury. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 4:34 am by David J. DePaolo
The member of the Texas Legislature requesting the information would be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.The Texas Tribune has questioned Zedler's past relationship with doctors and it seems to me that in reality Zedler has the interests of physicians that he is seeking to protect in mind, not the interests of workers.In a Texas Tribune article dated April 5, 2011, it states, "Zedler's critics suggest he may have another motive: Of the five… [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 4:00 am
”  It’s likely that some businesses will follow the Comptroller’s suggestion and hire lobbyists to try to persuade the Legislature to amend the Texas Tax Code. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 2:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas police and fire pensions in the big cities are a mess the Legislature is ill-prepared to deal with in the coming 85th session. [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 5:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
We'll find out over the next six months whether the Legislature will embrace this emerging, surprisingly popular view. [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The 83rd Texas Legislature is winding down and there are a handful good criminal justice bills that still have potential to pass this session. [read post]