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11 Jan 2011, 11:24 am
The program is co-sponsored by: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Dominican Sisters of Houston 5th Ward Coalition of Churches Pleasant Hill Baptist Church The StandDown Texas Project Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 4:26 am
John Whitmire and some advocacy groups at yesterday's hearing were still pushing the idea, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:“There are just over 1,400 youths left — about the size of a middle school in Austin — and yet the budget is $250 million, the central office staff remains large, the recidivism is still high … the cost of caring for each youth is $120,000 a year — an amazing amount,” Whitmire said. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 5:34 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports:Making good on an earlier threat, officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston are seeking to stop providing medical care to the state's 154,000 convicts at in-prison clinics it now runs.Prison officials said Thursday the move could trigger a complete restructuring of how Texas provides health care to its prison convicts at a time when mushrooming costs are expected to leave the Galveston school and Texas Tech… [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 1:00 pm
"NRA opens new front in gun rights battle; Lubbock lawsuits challenge limits on handguns for 18-to-20 year-olds": Mike Ward has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 7:37 am
"Texas has lethal drugs on hand to execute 39 condemned criminals," is the title of Mike Ward's report in the Saturday edition of the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 1:40 pm
Mike Ward has posted, "AG: Make public info about execution drugs," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 10:42 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that a modest increase in the number of inmates at TDCJ may squelch efforts to close prisons, something that's been happening in other states. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm
Mike Ward has just posted, "Details on execution drugs should remain secret, prison officials say," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm
Mike Ward has just posted, "Details on execution drugs should remain secret, prison officials say," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 1:53 am
Reports the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward: Though Perry and state corrections officials say the mandate will make the public safer, questions linger about why parolees who were considered good enough safety risks to remove from monitors are now dangerous... [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 10:46 am
10/19/2010 By Mike Ward State officials say it enhances public safety, but convicts and their lawyers say previous freedoms are being taken away. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 5:14 am
Reports the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward:Though Perry and state corrections officials say the mandate will make the public safer, questions linger about why parolees who were considered good enough safety risks to remove from monitors are now dangerous enough to need them — $1.7 million worth, paid for by a federal criminal-justice grant to improve public safety. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 3:04 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that the Public Safety Commission is expected to approve new Indigence and Amnesty rules for the Driver Responsibility Program at their next meeting October 21 (pdf). [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 2:51 am
Reserved Judgments The following reserved judgments after public hearings remain outstanding: Clift v Slough BC heard 23 and 24 June 2010 (Ward, Thomas and Richards LJJ). [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 3:12 pm
I can't tell what, exactly, is the newshook for this story by Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman about cell phones smuggled into Texas prisons, but here are the data for smuggled cell phones two years after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice declared a "zero tolerance" policy on contraband: "This year, Texas investigators estimate that more than 800 cell phones have been confiscated from inside state prisons, compared with more than 900 during the same… [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:01 am
That's the ill-conceived suggestion from Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who wants to create a new crime - "Driving While Ability Impaired" - to go after drivers who've been drinking but whose blood alcohol content (BAC) is below the legal .08 limit, the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reported yesterday. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 12:19 pm
In this morning’s Austin American Statesman, the always excellent Mike Ward (and I don’t say that just because our daughters are in the same class and Girl Scout Troop) has an article detailing a movement pushing for the adoption of a “DWI Lite” crime. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 10:26 pm
By Mike Dorf My latest FindLaw column considers a proposed bill by Sen. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 8:09 am
Mike Ward writes, "Drug shortage threatens executions, but not in Texas," for the Statesman. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 6:57 am
Greenville City Council contact info: Mayor Mike Bowers - mbowers@cityofgreenville.org - Phone# (937) 548-1482 Nancy Myers - Auditor / Clerk of Council - nmyers@cityofgreenville.org - Phone# (937) 548-4435 Barbara Fee - Treasurer - bfee@cityofgreenville.org - Phone# (937) 548-5747 No telephone numbers were given for these council members: John Burkett - CC President - jburkett@cityofgreenville.org Kathleen Floyd - 1st Ward - kfloyd@cityofgreenville.org Roy Harrison - 2nd… [read post]
