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19 Feb 2015, 8:10 am
On February 17, in his state of the state address, Texas Gov. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 6:53 am
Michigan Lobbying Topped $37M in 2014” by Jonathan Oosting for MLive.com Utah: “Free Lunches for Lawmakers Dwindling at Utah Legislature” by Lee Davidson for Salt Lake Tribune Campaign Finance “States Consider Requiring Shareholder Approval for Political Gifts” by Liz Essley White for Center for Public Integrity “This Political Scientist Estimated Politicians’ Beliefs via 100 Million Campaign Donations” by Andrew Prokop for Vox… [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 5:22 pm
The state has extra money beyond Governor's the border security promises, if only the Legislature and Greg Abbot prioritized the surcharge issue as much.The state really gains nothing from border deployments but a nine-figure budget line item - the National Guard aren't really allowed to do anything and DPS' roadblock program got shut down and is unlikely to be authorized by the Legislature. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 4:16 pm
Texas, he said, has exonerated more defendants than any other state. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 8:00 am
” The court also cited the argument by Texas and the other state plaintiffs that DAPA “constitutes a significant change in immigration law that was not implemented by Congress. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 4:19 am
Work comp sucks unless you don't have it.Then, presumably, it's better than nothing.Opposition to Oklahoma opt-outs have asked the state Supreme Court to assume original jurisdiction in the hopes that the court will declare the 2013 law creating the new system unconstitutional.Remember there was an attempt to get the court to act when SB 1062 was first signed into law on the grounds principally that the bill violated the state's "single subject" principal,… [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 9:40 am
” The Texas Legislature has refused to define either of these terms because it’s ultimately a juror’s job, not a doctor’s, to give these terms their “common usage” meaning and to determine if the defendant is legally insane. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 6:51 am
Texas – State Law Allows for Lobbying Deep in the Shadows of TexasDallas Morning News – James Drew | Published: 2/7/2015 Critics say Texas’ lobbying law has significant loopholes and weaknesses that make it difficult for the public to track the alliance between lobbyists and lawmakers. [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 8:04 am
The bill before the state legislature will rectify this injustice should a similar accident happen in the future.Repeat DUI Offender Fatally Injured BoyMr. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 12:01 am
In 2003, Republicans in the Texas legislature redistricted the state, diluting the voting power of the heavily Democratic county by parceling its residents out to more Republican districts. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm
Has it already been shared with the feds through the state's fusion centers? [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:13 pm
Finally, here's a notable exchange on the impact of innocence cases on the court's jurisprudence: MH: How is it that Texas, a conservative law-and-order state, has enacted all these groundbreaking reforms? [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 11:37 am
The bill addresses issues raised by the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals (CCA) in its February 2014 decision in State v. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 9:06 am
But when it comes to electronic privacy, the state has lagged behind, even as other states, such as Texas and Maine, have passed legislation to protect everything from the contents of email to the detailed location information generated by our phones. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 5:40 am
"I support the efforts in the Texas Legislature to abolish the jury commissioner system. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 3:20 am
The Lone Star State takes the prize for the most controversial business divorce decision in 2014, thanks to the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Ritchie which, as one commentator put it, effectively “gutted the cause of action for shareholder oppression in Texas. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 2:06 pm
Stamer also regularly represents clients and works with Congress and state legislatures, EBSA, IRS, EEOC, OCR and other HHS agencies, state insurance and other regulators, and others. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 1:42 pm
Texas Is Only One of Six States Without an Anti-Texting Law Texas lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban texting while driving throughout the state. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 4:41 am
One of the sleeper issues confronting the 84th Texas Legislature are proposed revamps of the state's online solicitation of a minor statute, deemed unconstitutional last year by the Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 1:57 pm
Map of the Accident View from the Road Commentary: Right now, I know that Louisiana’s laws regarding the sale and service of alcohol are quite a bit different from other states’ laws, like Texas. [read post]
