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16 Jun 2023, 11:45 am
In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed the Compassionate Use Act, allowing the limited use of low-THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) cannabis oil for patients with intractable epilepsy. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 9:10 pm
In the wake of this latest winter storm, just like in 2011, the Texas legislature is calling for an investigation into why the state experienced such catastrophic blackouts despite clear warnings and despite the state’s reputation as the energy capital of the United States. [read post]
2 Jun 2019, 8:10 am
Conservative Texas lawmakers have once again guaranteed that the intellectual disability issue will be bounced out of the legislature and back into state courts which also have a protracted history of dealing with this issue. [read post]
18 Oct 2012, 10:53 am
In order to prevent persons from asserting false liens or claims against real or personal property, the Texas Legislature enacted Chapter 12 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 8:23 am
With the passage of S.B. 15 in 2005, the Texas Legislature took a leading role in the national effort to end the abusive aspects of asbestos and silica litigation. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 3:18 pm
” In addition, it asserted, the Texas legislature approved the requirement “as a means to deter and detect fraud and improve public confidence in the election process. [read post]
21 Nov 2022, 11:40 am
The Texas Constitution commands that the legislature passes laws that prohibit lotteries. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 1:50 pm
Instead, the Court held that the Texas Equal and Uniform Clause is “more strict” than the Equal Protection clause; it restricts the Legislature’s power to tax more than the Equal Protection clause and the many state and federal cases that analyze the Fourteenth Amendment. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 10:30 am
Finally, after six years of trying by the Texas legislature, texting while driving is illegal as of September 1, 2017. [read post]
5 Oct 2014, 4:57 pm
It’s now up to the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether to give its own guidance to the Texas Legislature about funding local school districts or to leave in place the district court’s judgment striking the system down. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 10:50 am
Public opinion in Texas shows significant support for legalizing recreational marijuana, but a key actor in the Texas legislature will almost single-handedly prevent marijuana from being legalized. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 10:50 am
Public opinion in Texas shows significant support for legalizing recreational marijuana, but a key actor in the Texas legislature will almost single-handedly prevent marijuana from being legalized. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 10:50 am
Public opinion in Texas shows significant support for legalizing recreational marijuana, but a key actor in the Texas legislature will almost single-handedly prevent marijuana from being legalized. [read post]
5 May 2007, 4:56 pm
The Monday edition of Texas Lawyer has, Task Force Recommends Creating Texas Capital Habeas Writs Office.A bill working its way through the Texas Legislature tracks key recommendations made by a State Bar of Texas task force that studied the quality... [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 7:50 am
South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson had been stressing the rural attorney shortage in his annual State of the Judiciary speech before the Legislature. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 1:10 pm
Carved out by Republicans in the state legislature and approved by Texas Gov. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 8:13 am
Texas Tribune by Reeve Hamilton Last session, [75-year old state Rep. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 6:56 pm
She has sent the National Guard from Iowa to assist in Texas Governor Abbott’s state immigration enforcement. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 9:01 pm
Texas is not my favorite place for the assertion of state prerogatives in a federal system. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 9:06 am
Like other states, Texas enacted the TCPA to address concerns over the increasing use of lawsuits to chill the exercise of First Amendment rights. [read post]
