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16 Nov 2013, 4:11 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.com Former New Jersey governor Tom Kean is apparently pretty annoyed with Chris Christie, partly for personal reasons and partly because Christie failed to help any other Republicans get elected to the state legislature. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 2:33 pm
Meanwhile, some Texas lawmakers are already promising bills that mirror Oklahoma's House Bill 1804. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 2:33 pm
Meanwhile, some Texas lawmakers are already promising bills that mirror Oklahoma's House Bill 1804. [read post]
11 May 2015, 9:04 am by David M. Boertje
 These “habitual offender laws” are statutes adopted by individual state legislatures to impose harsher sentences on those who have committed three or more felonies. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 8:38 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
When the Texas Legislature convenes next month, the group will focus on “broken issues,” including freestanding ERs, Medicaid and overall access to care, said Dr. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 2:51 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas Lawyer's TexParte Blog provided a link to 10 resolutions (pdf) to the Legislature from the Texas Judicial Council, several of which merit highlighting. [read post]
14 Apr 2013, 11:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
They're the licensing agency in Texas for state and local cops and enforce police training criteria, but their activities rarely enter the public eye. [read post]
11 Oct 2013, 9:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Legislature, for its part, keeps amending the law to make it easier to secure convictions in such cases without corroboration:Earlier this year, Republican state Sen. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 9:22 pm
  After reviewing the relevant statutes, the Court concluded that "[t]he Legislature's expressed intent is that Texas public policy does not prohibit insurance coverage for claims of gross negligence in this context. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 10:00 am by Guest Blogger
Onion, had been a member of the Texas Legislature; his father, John F. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 7:29 am by Steve Hall
Eleven Texas death row inmates have been exonerated.In 2009, we dealt with disturbing developments in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004 for the slaying of his three children in a fire.A state-commissioned report said law-enforcement witnesses who offered key testimony "had poor understandings of fire science. [read post]
” The law was enacted in January after the state legislature overrode Governor Mike DeWine’s veto of the bill. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 5:18 am
There are two primary causes for Texas prison overcrowding, and the Legislature's reforms last year only really addressed one of them: Too many probation and parole revocations, and too-long sentences for non-violent crimes, especially drug offenses.For an example of the latter, look no further than a recent edition of the Tyler Morning Telegraph, where we read the story of a man who received a 60 year sentence for possession of 1.46 grams of meth and 2.93 grams of marijuana… [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 11:16 pm by tekEditor
In the meantime, you can get Open States for the iPhone and iPad to keep up-to-date on what's happening in your state legislature, from bills being considered and how to contact lawmakers, campaign finance and voting records, plus local news. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 10:04 am by Lyle Denniston
If the Court does reach the core issues in the case of Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
27 Feb 2007, 6:13 am
The Legislature shouldn't continue to pile on fees, he said. [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 7:41 am
  More on the new law, including the final text of LB 36, is here via the Nebraska Legislature. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 1:39 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Florida Poised to Become First State to Regulate Surveillance Drones State legislatures around the country are gearing up to take action on domestic surveillance drones. [read post]