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30 Mar 2011, 4:22 am
Rick Perry tossed out the idea of privatizing prison healthcare, but after the House and Senate budgets slashed reimbursement rates to the same, low levels as the Medicaid program, in my own mind I'd set aside the possibility as a non-starter. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 1:36 pm
” But UT-Austin did find another way. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 6:01 am
Taxes that are too low can be as destructive as natural disasters. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 11:10 am
Nuts and bolts of citations for low-level misdemeanors explained by Travis Sheriff's OfficeOn the source of volitional jail overcrowding in Bexar County: Why solve a problem when you can create one? [read post]
2 Sep 2007, 2:13 am
"We like the ability to have discretion to make decisions," Austin's Assistant Police Chief David Carter said. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 11:44 pm
Yesterday morning I attended a portion of the regional hearing in Austin of the US Sentencing Commission, in particular a panel on "Alternatives to Incarceration, Reentry, and Community Impact. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 1:23 pm
Last week, the Austin American Statesman published some pretty important facts about the State of Texas’ Sex Offender Registry. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 6:10 pm
University of Texas at Austin supporting racial preferences at the University of Texas at Austin by a four-to-three margin was a shocker. [read post]
Debating Texas' travel warning on Mexico: DPS should leave travel advisories to the State Department
9 Mar 2012, 1:04 pm
" There is no place in Texas, or perhaps the world, outside a war zone, as violence prone as Juarez.That said, when Houston recently posted its lowest murder rate in nearly five decades, Grits reminded celebrants that the record-low still left H-Town's murder rate higher than Mexico City's (9.4 per 100,000 compared to 8.3). [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 7:15 am
And we hope lawmakers in Austin will follow their lead in finding innovative solutions that spread responsibility between the public and private sectors. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 12:27 pm
But I find it telling that even traditional "tuff-on-crime" types recognize that continuing to lock up low-level offenders isn't a viable financial option. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 9:26 am
"Texas executions, death sentences continue to decline," is the title of Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 5:44 am
The following 2013 Pro Bono Service Award winners received a certificate of recognition and $1,000 to reinvest in their programs: Small Sections or Bars (fewer than 500 members) —The Hays County Bar Association, for its Pro Bono Divorce Clinic, which provides pro bono representation for low-income Texans filing for divorce in Hays County —The Austin Lawyers Guild, for its School to Prison Pipeline Pro Bono Referral Program, which provides pro bono representation to… [read post]
28 Feb 2015, 5:06 am
For incumbent pols but not really for the rest of usFiscal impact of border security: Spend less on roadsBorder boondoggle: Lack of goal, success metrics don't prevent squandering tax dollarsRamped up enforcement along Texas border failed to raise drug pricesDPS won't use roadblocks without legislative approvalDPS outsourced key border security tasks to shadowy private contractor Is Texas border crime 'overwhelming' or at historic lows? [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 10:00 pm
And he believes that this will ultimately offer the region longer-term sustainability.For instance, Austin, is also now the fastest-growing city in America. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 1:43 pm
Each time they do so (and the officer decides whether it's safe to let the offender go with a ticket or if they need to go to jail to protect public safety), it saves the county both the cost of securely transporting a low-risk inmate and the tripled costs to the county for the inmate's processing and first day's stay.In Austin, 37% of those brought to the Travis County Jail were optional arrests where the officer could have chosen to just give a ticket. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 4:17 pm
The House Corrections Committee recently discussed whether all TDHCA's low-income housing credits should come with a stipulation that they not discriminate against ex-offenders.Crime Lab NewsHere's the latest newsletter from the DPS crime lab in Austin.See You in CourtThe City of Austin may be headed to federal court after the Austin City Council, under intense pressure from the local police union, rejected a settlement agreement negotiated by city attorneys over… [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 4:39 am
By taking life, we show how low a value we place on it. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 10:01 pm
As for the “incomplete and too low” count of raw milk illnesses in Texas,PolitiFact rated the claim as “Mostly False. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 5:14 am
See related Grits posts:You can tell it's election seasonResources wasted on harsh punishment, registration for low-risk sex offendersParole board chair Rissie Owens personally liable for rights violationRethinking 'America's Unjust Sex Laws'Federal judge: Parole board may have improperly labeled thousands as sex offenders [read post]
