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23 May 2012, 9:16 am
Reported Jazmine Ulloa:A state law that went into effect in September aims to audit and eventually develop the resources to examine the cache, stipulating that all law enforcement agencies must report untested rape kits to the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
22 May 2012, 11:54 am
And: During the last session of the Texas Legislature, a bill by Sen. [read post]
22 May 2012, 11:23 am
Jim Vertuno writes, "Texas high court orders state to pay ex-inmate $2M," for AP. [read post]
22 May 2012, 8:04 am
With respect to the history and purpose of subchapter D of chapter 5, the following explanation illuminates our discussion: In 1995, the Legislature amended chapter 5 of the Texas Property Code to address serious abuses in the acquisition of homes in the colonias. [read post]
21 May 2012, 3:38 pm
Bill Seitz) The panel, from left to right, ACLU’s Vanita Gupta, Texas State Rep. [read post]
21 May 2012, 7:53 am
The answer is invariably state prison. [read post]
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Twice, this Court requested that the Legislature "consider amending the Texas Act to permit interlocutory appeals of orders issued pursuant to the Federal Act." [read post]
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Twice, this Court requested that the Legislature "consider amending the Texas Act to permit interlocutory appeals of orders issued pursuant to the Federal Act. [read post]
18 May 2012, 11:12 am
SOURCE: SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS – No. 10-0886 – 5/18/2012 EXCERPT FROM PRIOR TEXAS SUPREME COURT OPINION Under the Texas Wrongful Imprisonment Act, which is now known as the Tim Cole[1] Act, a wrongfully-imprisoned person may seek compensation from the state for the period of wrongful imprisonment. [read post]
18 May 2012, 10:14 am
Sherbet challenged the existence of facts 1 Article VI, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution provides: In all elections by the people, the vote shall be by ballot, and the Legislature shall provide for the numbering of tickets and make such other regulations as may be necessary to detect and punish fraud and preserve the purity of the ballot box; and the Legislature shall provide by law for the registration of all voters. [read post]
18 May 2012, 7:50 am
The federal lemon law applies to all 50 states and the District of Columbia; while the Texas lemon law only applies to vehicles that generally has been purchased in the state of Texas. [read post]
17 May 2012, 6:23 am
Last year, the Legislature cut about $15 billion in state spending and roughly $12 billion in services to balance the two-year budget. [read post]
16 May 2012, 10:00 am
Austin attorney Buck Wood points to a provision in the Texas Constitution that forbids the Legislature from forgiving debts (or authorizing others to forgive debts) owed to the state for less than ten years. [read post]
15 May 2012, 12:06 pm
Given these obvious harms, why are jails in Texas and so many other states putting kids in solitary? [read post]
15 May 2012, 5:31 am
With the same large facilities populated by a more concentrated group of more serious offenders, however, the shortcomings of that approach were only exacerbated.That decision, far more than any recent disempowerment of JCOs, explains why Texas youth prison problems were never truly fixed: The Legislature sought the best advice from the top minds in the juvenile justice field, got it, then ignored it because it would cost money. [read post]
14 May 2012, 12:32 pm
• Seventeen states have overturned the death penalty. [read post]
12 May 2012, 7:23 pm
The Alabama legislature, however, has a chance to fix that with the 2012 legislative session by enacting legislation similar to legislation that has been enacted in other States, including Texas. [read post]
11 May 2012, 9:12 am
Supreme Court, have contended with the constitutionality of the subject, state legislatures have issued resolutions in opposition and/or adopted laws prohibiting state agencies from participating in implementation. [read post]
11 May 2012, 7:33 am
National: Crop of College Super PACs Answer Call of Stephen Colbert Federal: Super PAC Supporting Romney Rethinks Donations from Federal Contractors From the States and Municipalities: California Bond Firms’ Campaign Gifts Linked to Sales Pacts Connecticut Legislature Splits with Malloy over Campaign Bill Florida Palm Beach County’s Lobbying ‘Cone of Silence’ Questioned Georgia Despite Gift Ban, State Leaders Taking Them Michigan SEC Says Kilpatrick… [read post]
9 May 2012, 3:00 am
Georgia has historically been one of the worst states when talking about exemption laws. [read post]
