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27 Oct 2020, 7:54 am by Aviel Menter
It is pending reconsideration after the Missouri state legislature passed an emergency law expanding the availability of absentee balloting. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 8:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" One critical difference between them and others who call Crime Stoppers, though: While an arrest may be made or criminal charges filed based on testimony from a jailhouse informant, in 2009 the Texas Legislature, in a bill authored by state Sen. [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 2:35 pm by Bill Stalter
  Realizing that state coffers may be lean for years to come, legislatures such as Missouri's are granting local prosecutors concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute preneed law violations. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 2:51 am
The turning point for Texas' prison system came in 2003, when Republicans found themselves in charge of both chambers of the Texas Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘I Get My Butt Kicked Every 20 Minutes’: Life in a state legislature’s superminority MSN – Liz Crampton (Politico) | Published: 6/29/2023 There are 29 supermajorities in state Legislatures controlled by either Democrats or Republicans, up from 21 in 2019. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 8:10 am by Brian Cuban
Cook is spearheading the return of “Christian values” to the legislature. [read post]
26 Dec 2010, 3:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I guaran-damn-tee a moment will come during the 82nd Texas Legislature when legislators (or their staff) will tell TDCJ chief Brad Livingston exactly that: If you'd do it yourself, we wouldn't have to do it for you. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 8:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Wade -- combined with a decision last year by Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature to re-affirm criminal statutes on abortion from the 1925 Penal Code, if and when Roe ever fell --  suddenly have dumped the abortion question back into the realm of criminal law. [read post]
” Time and time again, they have been referred to as the “farm team” for other offices, and the assumption is that they come from positions in state legislatures. [read post]
21 Jun 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democrats Announce a $10 Million Push for State Legislatures DNyuz – Maggie Astor (New York Times) | Published: 6/17/2024 As the arm of the Democratic Party that works on state legislative races, it is the job of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee to care about the bottom of the ballot. [read post]
18 May 2016, 6:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are links to the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition's written testimony from yesterday's hearings. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 7:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Respondents stated that probationers are required to pay for pre-sentence investigations, supervision fees, drug testing, counseling, and fees added by the state legislature as well as restitution and fines.Nonpayment of fees is the central conundrum of community supervision:One officer stated that only a very small percentage of probationers stay current in making their payments. [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 4:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
LEMIT did what the Legislature told them to do: Write a "detailed written policy" with specific "procedures" for a number of different aspects of eyewitness identifications based on scientific research and established best practices. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 2:46 pm
  Internet Law   E-Commerce   E-Contract  Electronic Contract Formation  Computerized Hiring Application  Arbitration  Electronic Record   Electronic Signature   Texas Law   Federal Law       The Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (the Act) states that “an electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person by showing . . . the efficacy of any security… [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 3:40 pm
State, No. 01-87-830-CR, concerned a butterfly knife; according to the court, "Ample testimony of the knife's functioning revealed that the knife could open by centrifugal force after being unlocked. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 9:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That's one of the reasons Grits is excited about Amanda Woog compiling data from Texas police shooting reports newly mandated last year by the Legislature: It'll be nice to have actual data on the topic.Improving solitary confinement standardsAP had a story over the weekend on the national push to reform solitary confinement, which in Texas prisons is known as administrative segregation (or more commonly, just "ad seg"). [read post]