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17 Oct 2016, 2:31 pm by William K. Berenson
For example, MADD officials testified before the state legislature in favor of our new ignition interlock law that was just enacted last year. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 6:34 am by Rebecca Tushnet
 And “if the legislature intended to provide a remedy in addition to a contractual one, the statutory remedy would trump the economic loss rule. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 9:31 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Applicable Legal Authorities Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Special Advisory Bulletin: Offering Gifts and Other Inducements to Beneficiaries, August 2002 Texas HHSC OIG Special Advisory Bulletin: Offering Gifts and Other Inducements to Beneficiaries, March 6, 2013 Senate Bill 8, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 1 Texas Administrative Code §353.405 1 Texas Administrative Code §354.1452 1… [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 6:11 am by John McFarland
The Republican candidate is Wayne Christian, a former state lawmaker from East Texas. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 10:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
After Harris County weathered massive cuts in state funding in 2003, the Harris Center shuttered more than half of its seven outpatient clinics, said Sylvia Muzquiz-Drummond, medical director of the center's mental health division.Many Harris County residents who lost services at those facilities began turning up in the criminal justice system, with the jail seeing such an increase in inmates with mental health issues that forced the center to boost staffing at the jail from two… [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 10:01 pm by News Desk
Dan Flynn, R-Van, is the top raw milk advocate in the state’s legislature. [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 10:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"If eventually approved by the Legislature, the law would be the first of its kind in Texas. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 8:50 am by Staff Writer
The Texas Tribune reported back in March that President Obama had this to say about voter fraud charges in Texas:   “The folks who are governing the good state of Texas aren’t interested in having more people participate [in the state’s election system]. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Still, perhaps Texas may soon lose its (sometimes overstated) reputation as red-state criminal-justice reform leader if the Sooner state passes these measures on a ballot topped by Trump/Clinton and Gov. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 3:08 am by Peter Mahler
” Almost two years after Braun gave up management of the property in late 2013, the State of Texas settled a third condemnation proceeding, involving most but not all of the remaining property, for $13 million. [read post]
24 Sep 2016, 5:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Texas is in a better position than most states to take the necessary steps to bring science into forensic science, and to make sure that we convict the right people. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 6:46 am by Jim Sedor
The state Supreme Court turned down a request to hear a challenge of the proposed constitutional amendment. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Rodriguez case) explicitly declined to find education to be a “fundamental” right or interest that would justify heightened scrutiny in the context of a challenge to Texas laws that resulted in differential financing and administration of public education within the state. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 4:55 am by Edith Roberts
Yesterday, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Samuel Alito, along with several jurists from the United Kingdom visiting the United States as part of a legal exchange program, participated in a reenactment of a 1794 Supreme Court case, Georgia v. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 9:44 am by George Ticoras, Esq.
In the request, the commission states, “The Commission does not know whether future requests for representation will be declined by the Office of the Attorney General and wants to be financially prepared to retain outside counsel to defend the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislature. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 7:45 am
Almost 50 anti-refugee bills in 19 states have been introduced in state legislatures, most of which attempt to block resettlement altogether. [read post]
18 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, citing the state's sovereignty. [read post]