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2 Jul 2011, 7:55 pm by admin
  Missouri and Texas have also eliminated Medicaid grants for family planning. [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 5:11 am by Larry Ribstein
”  The Texas legislature then amended the state’s unauthorized law to exempt “the design, creation, publication, distribution, display, or sale . . . [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 2:59 am
If raw milk doesn't again spread some deadly pathogen around the Badger State, Wisconsin could yet clear the way for expanded sales of the unpasteurized product.That's because there is a new raw milk bill, Senate Bill 108, before the Wisconsin Assembly, which is one of seven state legislatures that meets year round. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 7:55 am by Joe May
TEXAS: The Texas Legislature adjourned their special session on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 5:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas now releases more prisoners every year than were even locked up at any one time during Ann Richards' tenure. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 5:05 am by Victoria VanBuren
In 2009, the Texas Legislature signed into law Texas House Bill 2256. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 9:20 am by Richard Zorza
If categorical rights to counsel resonate with more state courts and legislatures, Turner’s denial of an “automatic” federal right may be seen as largely beside the point. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 8:00 am
The Texas Legislature has amended sections of the Texas Family Code (TFC) dealing with protective orders. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 5:35 am by Teri Rodriguez
Jeff Wentworth (San Antonio) acknowledged the Court’s efforts on the Senate floor.In part, the resolution reads: “RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, 1st Called Session, hereby commend the members of the Texas Supreme Court for their actions in support of legal aid services and honor them for their work in promoting access to justice for the state’s most vulnerable citizens; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an… [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 5:35 am by Teri Rodriguez
Jeff Wentworth (San Antonio) acknowledged the Court’s efforts on the Senate floor.In part, the resolution reads: “RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, 1st Called Session, hereby commend the members of the Texas Supreme Court for their actions in support of legal aid services and honor them for their work in promoting access to justice for the state’s most vulnerable citizens; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an… [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 10:11 am by David Kravets
The Texas state and federal courts — hearing Skinner’s habeas corpus pleas — refused to allow post-conviction testing of biological evidence, including blood, hair, fingernail clippings and vaginal swabs. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 8:14 pm by TDot
Yet according to the “real world” data, even in the most attorney-packed legislature in the country (Texas), there are still more than 2x as many non-lawyers as there are lawyers. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 9:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Short of some special, federally funded pilot program like in Shreveport, I doubt most law enforcement agencies would choose of their own accord to prioritize DNA testing resources on nonviolent offenses while untested rape kits linger on their storage shelves.The 82nd Texas Legislature passed a bill this year that will require the creation of statewide rules at DPS governing collection and preservation of biological evidence. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 9:15 am by Ashby Jones
The story opens: When New York became the sixth and by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state Legislature on Friday, it immediately transformed the national debate over the issue, legal experts said. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 4:38 am by Russell Beck
As stated by the Texas Supreme Court in 1994, in Light v. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 9:14 am by Ted Frank
[FTC; earlier (state AGs)] Chutzpah: plaintiffs who won settlement in Texas judicial hellhole now seek to recover $5.6 M in payments to their attorneys because their attorney bribed the judge. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 3:38 pm by John McFarland
Bills of Interest from the Texas Legislature's now-completed session: SB 652 - re-authorized the Texas Railroad Commission for two more years. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 1:34 pm
The bill, HB 2510, states that it avoids the federal phase-out specifying that traditional incandescent bulbs are legal to sell in Texas as long as they are manufactured in that state. [read post]