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31 Dec 2014, 7:33 am
I believe this issue will continue to vex courts and legislatures. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm
Such “commandeering” of state legislatures, the Court’s conservative majority has insisted, would contravene state sovereignty. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 8:24 am
By contrast, few politicians want to talk about the much more significant cause of fatal accidents in Texas: Underinvestment in transportation infrastructure, particularly in the oil patch where the Eagle Ford shale region has seen a 40 percent increase in fatal crashes, but really throughout the state. [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 10:41 am
The North Carolina law was passed by the state legislature under its authority to regulate the medical profession, and to impose requirements that a pregnant woman give “informed consent” to going ahead with an abortion. [read post]
26 Dec 2014, 12:27 pm
Texas, Roe v. [read post]
26 Dec 2014, 11:15 am
Judge Michael Seiler presides over the 435th state District Court — Texas’ only court responsible for handling civil commitment cases of sexually violent predators. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 1:00 am
For there to be waiver of immunity from suit, the Legislature must specifically provide for the waiver. [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 8:27 am
Only a tiny fraction of those died from lethal injection.Now that the year is winding down, it can be said that the state of Texas will have executed ten people in 2014, which is the lowest number since 1996, according to the Dallas Observer's Unfair Park blog. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 3:54 pm
” Petitioners, while conceding that not “anyone with a computer, a website or a blog” should be afforded interlocutory protection, say the Legislature’s expansive definition of “medium” in the journalist-privilege statute should control how Texas courts interpret “media” in the interlocutory-appeal statute. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 5:28 am
In many ways, Overton's case was the turning point when the Court of Criminal Appeals began to openly acknowledge the weaknesses in the law that spurred the Legislature to create Texas' new junk science writ and the CCA to interpret it so that it affects bad scientists, not just changing science. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 7:13 am
They've got a decent (if regrettably blog-free) list of Texas media outlets.Texas Tribune directory: Most folks are aware of the Texas Tribune's nonprofit new stories, but their state official directory lists contact info and staffers for every member. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 3:39 am
Employers and other sponsors, plan administrators, third party administrators, and other service providers of employee benefit plans will want to check out the relevant advance informational copies of the 2014 Form 5500 and 5500-SF and final copy of the 2014 Form M-1 annual returns released by the U.S. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 1:33 pm
This is the third kidnapping murder in the area since October.Texas Legislature Looks to Expand Gun Rights: Lawmakers in Texas have proposed several bills which would expand the rights of gun owners. [read post]
14 Dec 2014, 7:20 am
After baseline reductions in 2003 and 2011, there's not a lot of fat left to cut, particularly that would impact property taxes.By changing state policies to reduce county jail costs, the 84th Legislature could deliver real, not just temporary or superficial, local property-tax relief, cutting costs on a big-ticket item that affects every Texas county. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 12:13 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]
10 Dec 2014, 12:37 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]
10 Dec 2014, 8:12 am
An expert found that Holsey had a learning disability but was not disabled, and his siblings relied on him as a leader, the state's lawyers argued.The Georgia Legislature really should drop that "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard for new cases going forward. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 8:54 am
Rick Snyder today applauded the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund board of trustees' recommendation to the Legislature that 69 recreational development projects and land acquisitions totaling $24.7 million be funded in 2015. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 11:04 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]
2 Dec 2014, 12:05 pm
In order from largest to smallest, here are several criminal-justice items the state can in theory afford to fund in light of this blithesome budget news:Pay for TDCJ prisoner healthcare, guard raises, programming (w/o AC): $546.6 millionThe Legislature has already been told that, unless the state changes policies to incarcerate fewer people, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will need $175 million more in the next biennium just to pay for healthcare for… [read post]
