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11 Nov 2014, 10:00 am by Dan Ernst
  In one, the Texas Supreme Court decided that Juneteenth marked the end of slavery in the state. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Yesterday was the first day of bill filing for the 84th Texas Legislature which convenes in January. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 9:01 am
Montford, former Lubbock County DA, former Texas State Senator, and the first Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System; Ted Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States; Ken Starr, former judge on the U.S. [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 8:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And his agents at the Legislature supported most of Texas' recent innocence reforms.But Watkins was the author of his own undoing, felled by hubristic ambitions to become kingmaker in local Democratic Party politics. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In addition, Texas' cost for private prisons is rising, making the eleven facilities with which TDCJ contracts prime targets for budget savings if the Legislature enacts policies to further reduce incarceration levels. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 5:00 am
  The West Virginia legislature squelched that initiative by passing W. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 8:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For the most part, the Texas Legislature typically doesn't care much what happens in other states. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 5:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
While Texas' MSM seemed in a veritable frenzy over the non-race for governor, the three races I was most interested in all turned out to be pretty close, with two upsets out of three District Attorneys races in Texas' three largest cities. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 8:38 pm by Adam Kielich
Texas, like many states, changed its family relations laws (our Texas Family Code) in recent decades to curb the power of family court judges in Fort Worth, Dallas, and around other part of Texas, to grant any type of spousal support following a Texas divorce. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 6:02 am by Jim Sedor
Sandra Williams Found Guilty of Profiting from Ohio State Football Tickets” by Jim Siegel for Columbus Dispatch South Carolina: “Bobby Harrell: A quick rise to power, and a quicker fall” by Jeremy Borden and Schuyler Knopf for Charleston Post & Courier Texas: “Houston Drops Subpoenas to Get Speeches from Pastors Opposed to Anti-Discrimination Ordinance” by The Associated Press for Fox News Elections “Election Could Tip Historic Number of… [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 5:13 pm by Joey Fishkin
 From this perspective, it doesn’t actually matter precisely how difficult (or impossible) the state of Texas has made it for Eric Kennie to vote. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 9:02 pm by Lyle Denniston
Briefs on the merits The Zivotofsky family’s merits brief provided a sturdy defense of congressional authority, in fact arguing that the national legislature holds superior power in the field of passport regulation. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 10:00 pm
Baker.�� Approximately 20 years ago, the entire Texas Workers' Compensation Act withstood a constitutional challenge and, more recently, the Texas Office of Injured Employees Counsel released a few reports last year that pointed out the inequities of the alternative dispute resolution program. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 7:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The part of me that appreciates political theater (particularly comedic performances like Charley's column) would enjoy it if CLEAT and Co. decided to employ this sort of over-the-top rhetoric at the Lege.Since the GOP took over the Texas Legislature in 2003, it for the most part has forsaken the sort of union bashing that have occurred in Wisconsin and elsewhere. [read post]
This reform, recommended years ago by Texas' Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions, should be at the top of the Texas Legislature's list when it convenes next year. [read post]