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19 Apr 2021, 1:27 pm by William K. Berenson
And yet our state legislature may pass a crippling new law that will make our highways and roads far less safe by making it harder to hold commercial truck companies liable. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 8:19 am
The Supreme Court of Texas has asked the State Bar Board of Directors to make a recommendation on the issue. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 4:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's a notable highlight from Terrence Stutz's Morning News story:David Hodges, who served as a state district judge based in McLennan County, told the panel that the Texas Driver Responsibility Program has had a "devastating" effect on the Texas court system, and judges across the state are reporting at least two years of pending driving-while-intoxicated cases as more defendants seek trials. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 2:58 pm by Darrin Dest
          Senate Bill 195 also moves the Prescription Access Texas (PAT) electronic prescription database from one state agency to another, specifically from the DPS to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (Pharmacy Board). [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 5:00 am by Alan E. Sherman
Other, co-equal, Courts of Appeal may interpret "aircraft equipment" differently for property tax purposes within their areas of the state. [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 4:49 am
"The attitude in the Legislature is get tough on crime,'' said former Republican state Sen. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 1:01 pm
Early this year, members had discussed seeking authority and resources from the Legislature for that work, commission records show. [read post]
3 Aug 2008, 6:50 am
The Texas legislature does not meet again until January.Medellin is one of roughly 50 Mexicans on death rows around the nation who were denied prompt access to their country's consular officials after being arrested in the United States. [read post]
22 May 2007, 1:32 am
  Here's the story's lede:  Four years after the Legislature took aim at runaway premiums for home insurance, two of Texas' biggest insurers are battling state efforts to lower their rates, and sponsors of the 2003 insurance reform law say homeowners are still paying too much. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(For analysis of these datasets, visit the Texas Justice Initiative.) [read post]
11 May 2013, 6:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
His story opened:Senate and House negotiators have tentatively agreed on a plan to close two privately run state prisons, potentially resolving a political feud that threatened to derail the reauthorization of the state’s criminal justice agency.Officials confirmed Friday that instead of specifying which two prisons should be shuttered, at a time when the state has more than 12,000 empty prison beds, lawmakers will let the prison system’s governing board… [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 11:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Let's take a first-cut look at implications for the criminal justice system in the Texas House and Senate draft budgets released yesterday amidst promises of tax cuts from state officials. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 6:30 am
Texas Lawyer  has news for members of the Texas Bar, one of the biggest and most influential bars in the country, 14. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 11:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At the Texas Legislature this week, criminal-justice bills are finally being heard, although not yet in all committees, and all on the House side. [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 9:06 pm by Lyle Denniston
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, upholding four states’ marriage bans. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 10:30 am by Bill Raftery
Arizona HCR 2033 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides state’s courts shall not consider, enforce or otherwise incorporate into any decision on the merits the legal precepts of other nations or cultures that run counter to the laws of this state unless expressly ratified by bicameralism and presentment in the state legislature or duly ratified as a treaty by the Senate of the United States. [read post]
8 Nov 2008, 7:30 pm
Texas now has a provision in its constitution declaring that the state and its subdivisions "may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 5:00 am by Philip Thomas
I previously criticized aspects of Hood’s hiring outside counsel, particularly his hiring Texas lawyers who made a huge campaign contribution to Hood. [read post]