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30 Mar 2007, 7:23 am
From a public policy perspective, I'd rather see the Lege requiring verified response rather than try to get in its way.Keep thorough records about officer terminationsThe issue over what records should be kept and shared with other agencies when an officer is terminated has been a hot one over the last several sessions, largely because of one man - Tom Coleman, the so-called "gypsy cop" who'd been fired from multiple law enforcement agencies before landing in Tulia,… [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 8:03 am
The Legislature created the commission in 2005. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 7:00 am
Texas In Lawrence, the U.S. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 7:38 am
They include how school funds are allocated, testifying in front of the state legislature, a school district’s racially discriminatory practices, government waste, a failure to provide safe working conditions, and any other matters of social, political, or other community concern. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 9:22 am
Judicial Watch has been a frontrunner in the nationwide battle to combat illegal immigration and earlier this year filed a motion on behalf of the Arizona State Legislature in the Obama Administration’s lawsuit challenging its tough law. [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 9:05 pm
The Texas House passed a bill authorizing the Texas Secretary of State to impose state “administrative oversight” of Texas counties in response to complaints about purportedly recurring election administration or voter registration issues. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 4:08 am
Giving prosecutors so many excuses to oppose DNA testing resulted in unacceptable delays and denials of justice, so the Legislature streamlined the process. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 1:31 pm
Still other states, such as Texas, distinguished Troxel, holding their own statutes to be constitutional. [read post]
1 Aug 2010, 4:07 pm
For many years, the Legislature has sought to enact ‘one-size-fits-all’ laws against sex offenders. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 6:02 am
Sandra Williams Found Guilty of Profiting from Ohio State Football Tickets” by Jim Siegel for Columbus Dispatch South Carolina: “Bobby Harrell: A quick rise to power, and a quicker fall” by Jeremy Borden and Schuyler Knopf for Charleston Post & Courier Texas: “Houston Drops Subpoenas to Get Speeches from Pastors Opposed to Anti-Discrimination Ordinance” by The Associated Press for Fox News Elections “Election Could Tip Historic Number of… [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 9:19 am
State legislatures and courts also have enhanced legal protections for voters in many places. [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 1:15 pm
The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 10 condemned inmates against the Arkansas Department of Correction that challenged a 2009 law in which the Legislature gave the state's Department of Correction discretion in determining how to carry out lethal injections. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 9:26 am
The Texas Legislature created the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2005 after a series of revelations about improper procedures in forensics labs used to test criminal evidence. [read post]
29 Jul 2015, 1:40 pm
The United States Supreme Court held last month in a 5-4 decision that the First Amendment did not require the State of Texas to issue license plates featuring the Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 6:48 am
Some members called for bolstering similar work now under way in four Texas law schools.The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University have projects or clinics that examine questionable convictions. [read post]
22 May 2008, 8:48 am
"Not to be outdone by Texas or other states that may have more death row inmates, Georgia officials are moving quickly to execute ours first and fastest now that the U.S. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 4:59 am
This year, Texas enacted legislation requiring immigration officials to be notified when a noncitizen is convicted of misdemeanor family violence. 'It is definitely a trend, and the major reason is the obvious one - federal inaction on the issue,' said Ann Morse of the National Council of State Legislatures. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 8:00 am
After the New Jersey legislature passed a law that would allow sports betting in casinos and racetracks in the state, professional sports leagues and the NCAA filed a lawsuit, arguing that the state law runs afoul of the PASPA. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 9:06 am
But, she says, her office is seeking the death penalty less often than it used to, largely because since 2005, the state Legislature gave prosecutors the option of life without parole. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 2:39 pm
The measure, introduced by State Sen. [read post]
