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California legislature introduces legislation authorizing private citizen suits against gun industry
6 Jan 2022, 7:34 pm
The governor expressed outrage last month to the Supreme Court decision and said that “if states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts that compare assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, then California will use that authority to protect people’s lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm’s way. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 8:18 am
It began in 2011, when Texas’ Republican-controlled legislature began redistricting in the wake of the 2010 census, which indicated that Texas had gained over four million new residents, who were predominantly minorities; that population growth meant that the state would get four new seats in the U.S. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 3:29 pm
Texas is on a record pace to break its own modern record for the number of executions in one state in one year. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 2:48 pm
If they can’t agree, the order said, they are then to tell the court which specific districts under the state legislature’s plans can be used without objection. [read post]
18 Jun 2007, 2:30 am
Why are Texas' prison costs growing slowly compared to other states, and can we expect the trend to continue? [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]
28 Aug 2008, 1:51 pm
Briefly, as part of the State Bar's last sunset review before the Legislature, the Bar was required to review its standing committee structure at least biennially to ensure that the committees in place are needed and don't overlap, and that the policies governing those committees are appropriate. [read post]
6 May 2012, 12:57 pm
After the Texas Legislature finished its budget cutting last year and the dust finally settled, a whopping 39% of Texas state employee reductions in the last year came from two agencies: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the recently merged Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).TDCJ lost 2,035 FTEs (full-time equivalent positions), and TJJD lost 816.5, according to a recent state auditor's report (pdf). [read post]
26 May 2019, 12:29 pm
Two years later, the Texas Legislature enacted Article 2.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure informing state prosecutors that, “They shall not suppress facts or secrete witnesses capable of establishing the innocence of the accused. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:34 pm
Today, the fight continues as the Texas legislature hears testimony about a bill that could shut down almost 90 percent of the abortion clinics in the state and ban abortion starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy. [read post]
27 Dec 2017, 2:16 pm
Instead, the Texas Supreme Court held that it was within the Texas Legislature’s power to require the use of only single sales factor apportionment under the Texas Franchise Tax because the member states of the Multistate Tax Compact did not intend for the Compact to be a binding reciprocal agreement. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 9:25 pm
The Texas state legislature meets every other year for a five month term of frenzied law-making. [read post]
15 May 2013, 12:09 pm
From the language of SB825 itself: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 8:32 am
And the legislature also would have to draw up a new plan for the state house seats, because the Court found that the legislature had eliminated a few districts in which minorities had had the ability to prevail, and did not replace them with new so-called “ability districts” elsewhere in the state. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 12:59 pm
Unfortunately, our conservative legislature cowers to the interests of big business rather than protecting the average citizen of the State of Texas. [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 3:07 am
Abortion has always been a hot-button political issue in Texas, where state legislators have taken great efforts to restrict or outlaw most abortions whenever possible. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 6:00 am
Independent administration of estates in Texas stretches back to even before Texas was a state. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 9:49 am
They're supposed to study the issue and make recommendations to the 85th Legislature in 2017. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 6:57 pm
Just hours before the Texas Legislature’s bill-filing deadline on Friday afternoon, Rep. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 8:00 am
Jefferson presented his State of the Judiciary speech before the 83rd Texas Legislature. [read post]
