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18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am
Notable recommendations on the adult side (just a few excerpts, there were quite a few more) included:The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should look for more ways to focus a larger component of our correctional budget on rehabilitative investments, as opposed to simply inmate confinement.The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should consider ways to expand inmate educational and vocational training programs within… [read post]
17 Jan 2015, 9:55 pm
The lawsuit accuses the defendants of committing fraud to get the $75 million in economic incentives from state taxpayers.More to the point, the lawsuit claims that the defendants intentionally misled Barbour, MDA officials and state lawmakers by overstating the capabilities of the technology to produce the crude oil substitute yields from the biomass.The lawsuit alleges that Kior assured the state that 67 gallons of biocrude had been produced per ton of dry wood in the… [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 1:33 pm
If South Carolina, Utah, Florida, and Oklahoma are all marriage states, then surely Texas and South Dakota can handle it, too. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 12:31 pm
Texas, and Windsor. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 7:52 am
Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., 14-144 (involving a First Amendment challenge to license plate restrictions), and Bullard v. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 6:30 am
The Legislature gave a $42,410 contract to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) to perform a performance audit of the LRC, the bureaucracy that runs the legislative branch of state government. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 1:16 pm
Another good example of this phenomenon happened in December 2014 in a trial in San Antonio, Texas. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 4:25 am
Overall prescription drug costs for injured workers have declined 15%.A study by WCRI published last year postulated that a Texas-like formulary would likely result in savings for other states. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 5:30 pm
In news that’s generating a bit of buzz, word is leaking out that President Obama will make privacy and cybersecurity a big priority in tomorrow’s State of the Union address. [read post]
9 Jan 2015, 2:17 am
Copyright Act that prevents a surviving same-sex spouse from content ownership if they reside in a state that does not recognize gay marriages. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 12:02 pm
At the Houston Chronicle, Mike Ward reported (Jan. 7) from the Texas Public Policy Foundation legislative conference this week that, "After years of reforms in Texas' juvenile justice system, officials now appear headed toward the next big step: further downsizing the system of state-run lockups or even junking it altogether. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 5:48 pm
Founder and Executive Director of the Coalition for Responsible Healthcare Policy and its PROJECT COPE: the Coalition on Patient Empowerment and a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Association (ABA) and the State Bar of Texas, Ms. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 1:48 pm
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 12:47 pm
Rolling Stone has a feature story on a corrupt drug task force in South Texas that routinely stole drugs and money while on the job.State Rep. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 10:52 am
State Water Contractors v. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm
Forty-nine states already had penalties for animal fighting spectators, but the provision was needed to sync up the federal and state laws since many of these animal fighting raids are multistate and multijurisdictional. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 10:36 am
Although the state Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill that, if enacted, would have imposed certain notice requirements and established presumptions of reasonableness for employee non-competes (among other provisions), ultimately the legislature did not pass either the compromise bill or any of the various alternative non-compete or trade secrets bills proposed this year. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 8:15 am
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]
5 Jan 2015, 4:46 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]
5 Jan 2015, 4:13 am
Business is back.2014 was tumultuous for California work comp and in a few other states as well.Heck, it was tumultuous for me! [read post]
