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31 Jan 2007, 2:29 pm
Likewise, several grass-roots groups in Texas are battling that state's Republican governor, Rick Perry, and his plan to convert existing freeways to toll roads and build a new toll road, the Trans-Texas Corridor, that would stretch from the Mexican border to Oklahoma. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 11:25 am by William K. Berenson
 The solution to this nightmare won’t happen until the courts and legislature step up and curb this destructive behavior. [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 5:23 am by jonathanturley
We recently discussed a federal court ruling that the Texas law requiring age verification and warning for porn sites was unconstitutional. [read post]
1 Aug 2009, 10:05 pm by Dick Price
If that happens, the act is latter submitted to the state legislatures for them to consider adopting it in each state.In Texas, the proposed new uniform law will make very little difference. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 6:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas Tribune writers did a collective overview of the upcoming 82nd Texas Legislature for the Times as part of their budding journalistic for-profit/non-profit partnership, and after each policy issue covered is a blurb with a subhed, "WHO TO WATCH. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 6:41 am by Myra Cottrill
Most states have more stringent gift laws applicable to lobbyists and lobbyist principals (Texas is the exception to this rule of thumb). [read post]
5 May 2011, 8:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Burnam's bill comes in, providing a state-level remedy to federal judicial activism. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 12:35 pm by Mark S. Humphreys
Although the number has been dropping steadily, state records show about 2 million vehicles registered in Texas don't have corresponding insurance. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 7:28 am by Mark S. Humphreys
" The Oregon legislature last year gave state regulators the explicit authority to consider a company's surplus when it reviews rates - a tool Miller said her agency had sought since 2007. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 10:15 am
UTMB officials have told the Legislature in public hearings they're "close" to not providing a constitutional level of health care for inmates, citing Texas' low per-inmate spending rates in UTMB's contract - less than half the per-inmate cost in California. [read post]
4 May 2008, 11:08 am
A new bill in Florida is working its way through the legislature which will require all registered sex offenders to provide all telephone numbers when they register. [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 4:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas judicial administrators estimate that 1 in every 3 dollars raised through such state fees is spent on projects outside the court system — a practice critics say amounts to an undeclared tax on the state's poor that might violate the law. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
tabid=19122 [hereinafter National Conference of State Legislatures, 2009]. [5] Nicole D. [read post]
26 May 2015, 8:31 am by Scott Bomboy
“The target of this complaint is a redistricting plan that the Texas legislature drafted in 2013, creating new districts for electing the 31 members of the state senate. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 11:24 am by William A. Ruskin
She further held that Plaintiffs had made a substantive allegation that the process by which the legislature sets air quality standards, the "process has gone astray and the state is ignoring the atmosphere with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 10:44 pm
BAKERmaxbaker@star-telegram.comAfter seeing money earmarked for DNA testing get swept away in the Bernard Madoff scandal, the chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas is calling on state lawmakers to improve overall funding for agencies investigating cases of inmates who may have been wrongfully convicted.Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas at Texas Tech University, said so much more could be done to resolve the cases if the… [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 9:14 am by Steve Hall
This post is devoted to the Supreme Court’s declining this week to review the Texas death-penalty case of Duane Buck. [read post]