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3 Feb 2012, 4:06 pm
Questions for the Future With New Jersey joining the other 46 states who have passed some form of trade secret protection legislation, just three states, Texas, New York and Massachusetts, have yet to adopt a variation of the UTSA. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 2:52 pm
Other states, including Texas, are seeing large influxes of new jobs and people. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 12:39 pm
If backed by the Legislature, Governor Brown’s proposal would require counties to develop prudent local alternatives to state custodial facilities. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 4:56 am
Callender, president of the medical branch, let the staff know that the transition has begun to transfer the health services to the corrections department.The basic problem is money.The University of Texas System has made it clear its not going to continue to subsidize care for prisoners from university funds.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice didn’t get the money from the legislature to pay the full cost of the care.This is not the kind of problem two… [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 5:48 am
Here in Texas, one of the most conservative states in the Union, Republicans are strong advocates for Texas' false claims act (although its limited to the Medicaid program). [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 12:57 pm
TxDOT received authority from the 82nd Texas Legislature under Senate Bill 1420 to develop the IH 35E Managed Lanes Project and 10 other specific projects using P3s. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 9:29 am
"Our side" considered it a loss (I was lobbying for the Innocence Project of Texas on the subject), but the law simply did not give criminal defendants the means to keep eyewitness testimony out of evidence if lineups don't follow written policies, nor if written policies are inadequate.Ironically, though Chief Rodriguez wants to blame the Legislature for his woes, the much more significant penalty for failing to follow best practices was laid down in October by the… [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 4:35 am
Tuesday, Jan. 31 • A three-judge panel reviewing whether the Texas Legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act when it redrew the state’s political maps will hear closing arguments in the case at 9:30 a.m. in federal court in Washington. (1:11-cv-01303) • Baltasar Garzón, a high-profile Spanish judge known for pursuing political leaders such as Gen. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 1:28 pm
Hearings on enforcement actions should be conducted before the State's independent State Office of Admistrative Hearings, rather than before administrative law judges that are employees of the RRC. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 11:11 am
With another tight state budget expected in 2013, the costs of state corrections programs — especially the mushrooming cost of providing health care to an aging population of convicts — are expected to be a key topic for debate when the Legislature reconvenes in a year. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 9:19 am
There’s a new battle brewing in America’s classrooms, and while it doesn’t have the religious implications of the evolution vs. creationism debate, it has prompted several state legislatures and local school boards to get involved. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 5:01 am
Big news for mentally ill defendants in Texas declared incompetent to stand trial, not to mention the state agency that is supposed to provide "competency restoration" services, which presently has a months-long waiting list. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 3:19 pm
They didn’t mention insurance, but, as I’ve noted here before, that is another area where state regulators and state legislatures have power to regulate the use of arbitration provisions (see my August 22, 2011 and December 14, 2011 blog posts for more on this). [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 8:11 am
Houston Chronicle by Jim Vertuno (AP) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas colleges must send [undocumented] immigrants who pay in-state college tuition rates reminders that they promised to seek legal status in exchange, a tweak in state law officials unanimously approved Thursday. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 8:34 am
The Texas Legislature passed the measure in 2011 and six months ago it was submitted to the DOJ for approval. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 5:41 am
Chris Christie of New Jersey said he would veto a bill legalizing same-sex marriage if the legislature passes it, and he challenged the State Legislature instead to put the issue on the ballot for voters to decide, The New York Times reports. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 11:05 am
State of the State On Tuesday, Governor Nathan Deal delivered his second State of the State Address, in which he outlined his legislative agenda for the 2012 session. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 7:50 am
After the 2010 Census, the Texas legislature redrew its congressional and state legislative lines. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 1:27 am
It may be a measure of Minnesota's malfunction that on this issue the state can take a lesson from Texas on enlightened criminal-justice policy. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 3:32 pm
Seven other states have legislation pending to deal with the issue, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, and a Texas law took effect this month stating that incandescent bulbs manufactured in the state are not subject to federal law or regulations.” Plus, more criticism for PolitiFact Tennessee. [read post]
