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9 Jan 2021, 12:41 pm by Tom Smith
Scott is introducing legislation to create a bipartisan, 18-member “Election Integrity Commission” to “study the merits and administration of the November 2020 election and make recommendations to State legislatures to improve the security, integrity, and administration of federal elections. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 2:42 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  A previous compromise moved the flag from its prominent place atop the dome but also required a two-thirds vote of the legislature to remove it altogether.Fourteen years ago, two states further south, a governor did remove that flag from the capitol and put it in a museum. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 6:20 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying “Europe at Risk of Corruption from Lobbying – Report” by Damian Grammaticas for BBC “Lawmakers in No Rush to Disclose Wining and Dining” by Jay Root for Texas Tribune Campaign Finance “REBNY Members Gave a Tenth of all N.Y. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 5:12 am by Matthew Huisman
  Omission:  A motor vehicle law passed in the final days of the Texas legislature failed to include a $200 penalty for not displaying a license plate, the Austin American Statesman reports. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 3:00 pm
").They made this vaccine mandatory in Texas (by executive order that might get reversed by the legislature) and it is the subject of HB 2035, which passed the House 80-17 and as amended includes an opt-out provision, and SB 1230, which passed the Senate 40-0.The language from the House amendment says: "After having reviewed materials describing the link between the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer approved for such use by the Board, a parent or guardian may… [read post]
Citing Trump’s ban and other controversies, the Florida and Texas state legislatures passed “anti-censorship” laws—Florida’s Senate Bill (SB) 7072 and Texas’s House Bill (HB) 20—that sought to constrain companies’ ability to remove content. [read post]
Many other states have been engaged in legal battles over how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic during election season, including Alabama banning curbside voting, Arizona requiring mail-in ballots be received by a certain time on Election Day and Texas allowing poll workers not to wear masks. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 6:35 am by Steve Hall
Supreme Court should review Webster's case, and the Texas Legislature should adopt clearer procedures to determine the mental capacity of defendants accused of capital crimes. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 1:03 am
I'd earlier suggested the eyewitness identification procedures would make a great inerim study for one of the Texas Legislature's criminal justice-oriented committees, and if one of them goes for it Dallas' move to double-blind lineups will provide a good model for the direction this blogger thinks they need to go. [read post]
12 May 2012, 7:23 pm by wkfirm
  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]
8 Jul 2009, 8:31 am
I am not sure what is worse, trying to shoe horn existing law to fit perceptions of cyber-bullying or having many state legislatures, Texas included, create new overly broad online harassment laws. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 7:40 am by Joe May
From the State Legislatures California: “California Legislature faces raft of bills on volatile issues” by Melanie Mason and Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
11 Jun 2016, 10:19 am by David Kopel
Texas (2003), the Supreme Court did not ask where two men have a right to engage in anal sex. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 6:26 am by Stephen Wermiel
The state legislatures in recent sessions have provided a plentiful supply of laws testing the limits of the right to abortion and the meaning of the undue burden standard. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 7:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas is eligible for a $700,000 grant to be split evenly between the Texas prosecutors and public defenders. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 5:00 am by Mintzer Law
Providing unlawful assistance to a voter is a state jail felony under the Texas Election Code. [read post]
27 Aug 2017, 2:53 am by NCC Staff
His father had served in the Texas state legislature and Johnson became a congressional aid in 1931. [read post]
22 Mar 2017, 12:06 pm by Drew York
For example, the Boeing case points out that the Attorney General ruled the exception protected disclosure of information concerning the Texas Governor’s marketing meetings with businesses in other states because the State is competing with other states to recruit those businesses to relocate. [read post]