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28 Oct 2013, 7:06 am by Joe May
From the State Legislatures Hawaii: “Hawaii lawmakers to hold special session to consider gay marriage” by Malia Mattoch and Suzanne Roig in Reuters. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 7:06 am by Joe May
From the State Legislatures Hawaii: “Hawaii lawmakers to hold special session to consider gay marriage” by Malia Mattoch and Suzanne Roig in Reuters. [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Says Cuomo Created ‘Sexually Hostile Work Environment’ as Governor” by Azi Paybarah and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN Ohio: “Every Politician Has Got to Have Somebody That’s the Hit Man” by Ian MacDougall (New York Times) for DNyuz Texas: “Proposed Changes to the City’s Ethics Commission Falter” by Elizabeth Pagano for Austin Monitor Utah: “Parents Claim SLC District Official Had a Conflict of… [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 10:21 pm
About a dozen state legislatures are considering legislation which would allow cameras in nursing home. [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Lawmaker, Wants Legislature to Change Misconduct Rules” by Stephen Caruso for Spotlight PA Legislative Issues Arizona: “Arizona Republicans Exempt Lawmakers from the State’s Open-Records Law” by Patrick Marley and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (Washington Post) for MSN Lobbying National: “‘Just Off K Street’ Lobbyist Sheds Instagram Alias and Day Job” by Jack Fitzpatrick for Bloomberg Law Texas: “Ex-Legislator Tests Lobbying… [read post]
14 Mar 2023, 5:17 am by Eric Segall
The Court has held that, even if Congress is regulating "commerce among the states," it may not commandeer state executives and legislatures to assist it in enforcing federal law (though Congress can commandeer state judges). [read post]
27 Jul 2008, 11:30 pm
   Before eliminating the authority to use the depository arrangement, the Texas legislature needs to appreciate the difficulty the industry has in attracting quality fiduciary services. [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 9:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  But the legislation originally authorizing the new rules, carried by Republican state Sen. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 8:15 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In December 2011, HHS announced its intention to allowing states the “flexibility” to define EHB on a state by state basis provided that the state’s EHB definition meets minimum standards required by HHS. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 3:19 pm by Tanya Greene, Center for Justice
Abolition and repeal bills have been proposed so far this year in seven more state legislatures as well — Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Texas, and Washington. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 10:02 am by Peter Landers
Texas says the lower court improperly ignored the map drawn by the state legislature. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 4:05 am by Lawrence Solum
In May 2023, the Texas legislature passed House Bill 3162, effective September 1, 2023, which begins to address some of the identified due process concerns and provides a guidepost for other states to follow in its footsteps. [read post]
14 May 2007, 3:11 am
A tax proposal that made intuitive sense to some when Louisiana was one of the few states doing it-- giving tax breaks to movie-makers to encourage them to film in Louisiana rather than in other states--now seems less obviously good when dozens of other states are providing essentially the same tax giveaways.But now, as the Associated Press' Melinda Deslatte documents, the Louisiana legislature is considering taking the next step: offering tax breaks to… [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
”There's also a good discussion of the challenges facing a mental-health pilot program approved at the Harris County Jail by the Texas Legislature last year: In 2011 and 2012, some 920 people were booked into the Harris County Jail five times or more. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 6:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I was particularly interested in Sheriff Garcia's brief mention that he's considering allowing his deputies to issue a summons/citation for low-level Class B misdemeanors, as authorized by the Legislature in 2007 to help reduce overcrowding. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 8:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Like the DPS staffing budget, those polices can only be addressed by the Texas Legislature. [read post]
3 May 2013, 1:25 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
For more, see The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition's list of bills to safely reduce incarceration in Texas. [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 11:36 am by Bridget
This year, the bill -- or perhaps one even more comprehensive -- should not only make it to the Senate floor but should be passed by both chambers and signed into law.While they're at it, legislators should fund the state's share of the University of North Texas System Center for Human Identification in Fort Worth for work that the Legislature has ordered sent to it.Given that the majority of criminal cases don't involve DNA evidence, imagine how many other… [read post]