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31 Aug 2009, 8:08 am
The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward brings word ("Court cases forcing change at parole agency," Aug. 31) of a recent clash between US District Judge Sam Sparks and an attorney from the Board of Pardons and Parole:U.S. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 12:16 am
But now Mike Ward at the Statesman reports TDCJ is shifting that money around to give larger raises to supervisors ("Prison guards say pay raise not as much as promised," Aug. 29):Four months ago, with the state budget feeling the pinch of a diving economy, Texas' 24,000 correctional officers cheered the news that the Legislature had given them a 3.5 percent pay raise, effective this fall.By Friday, that thrill was fading: Prison officials acknowledged correctional… [read post]
18 Aug 2009, 5:39 pm
Employee Claims Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Hear Retaliation Claim He Brought In First Place - Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog  Top 5 food-safety questions journalists should be asking - Kansas State University professor Doug Powell in the International Food Safety Network's BarfBlog Even Judges Must Follow Procedure - Texas lawyer Tom Crane on his San Antonio Employment Law… [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 3:13 am
Here's how the story by Mike Ward began in Friday's Austin Statesman:A federal judge on Thursday issued a stern rebuke to state corrections officials for the way they classify some parolees as sex offenders even though the defendants have never been convicted of sex crimes.U.S. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 2:28 am
" 08/07/2009 By Mike Ward Sam Sparks stops trial after attorneys object to comments he made to jury about witness' testimony. [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 11:27 am
The five former employees -- Rodney Case, Kevin Clark, Mike Fulton, Douglas Murphy and James Ward -- are co-defendants with Frisby (now known as Triumph Actuation Systems). [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 12:14 pm
Will be Rick Perry's current Homeland Security chief Steve McCraw, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward. [read post]
28 May 2009, 2:43 am
John Whitmire tacked on his SB 1529 regulating asset forfeiture "waivers" to an enhancement bill on cockfighting, the Statesman's Mike Ward reports. [read post]
22 May 2009, 8:13 am
"Veto threat dooms change in death penalty law," is Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman.Death penalty opponents have long decried a Texas law that allows the state to impose the ultimate punishment â€â [read post]
19 May 2009, 11:34 pm
The Statesman's Mike Ward has a couple of budget updates that will interest Grits readers:Prison guards get 3.5% raiseTwo TYC lockups on closure list, againBoth these are half-a-loaf solutions. [read post]
19 May 2009, 12:45 am
Yesterday, though, the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reported that Ms. [read post]
13 May 2009, 3:06 pm
Mike Ward reports, "Shanda Perkins nomination busted," on the Austin American-Statesman Postcards blog.In a rare public rebuke, the Texas Senate this afternoon just blocked the controversial nomination of unemployed Burleson banker Shanda Perkins to become a member of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
13 May 2009, 7:53 am
MORE: From the Austin Statesman, where Mike Ward reports that "The four votes to confirm the nomination were Sens. [read post]
13 May 2009, 12:34 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman says her nomination appears to be in trouble:"She appears to be toast. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 10:46 pm
According to the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward:Criminals who were sent to prison â€â [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 1:59 am
Meanwhile, Mike Ward reports that computer hacking into government systems may become a felony, even if no data is taken, if a bill by Sen. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 4:47 am
Right now in Texas, many county youth detention facilities - particularly those following "boot camp" models - don't even pretend to follow the types of best practices described in Ohio by the TPPF report.It's also worth mentioning that Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman recently criticized Ohio's juvie program for "permitting children to be routinely shackled, mandating that children accused of certain crimes be charged as adults and by not ensuring… [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 3:46 am
District Court for Western Washington March 11 on behalf investor John Dennis, who claims he invested $115,000 with FutureSelect Prime Advisors of Redmond, Washington, and that FutureSelect's managing partner, Ron Ward, failed to perform proper due diligence before investing the money with a hedge fund that in turn invested the money with Madoff. [read post]