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26 Jan 2011, 6:33 am
As a result, lawmakers are forced to make some difficult decisions for major reductions to every state agency budget, including the Texas Youth Commission. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 9:27 am
They're going to have to recalculate things.'' Lethal injection has been the state's preferred method since 2000, when the Florida Legislature changed the law. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 5:00 am
Carmen Muro, No. 09-0340 (DDB, and In re State, No. 10-0235 (DDB). [read post]
22 Jan 2011, 11:21 am
That's one of the may great unknowns facing the prison system during the 82nd Texas Legislature. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 2:44 pm
"State law gives the commission the authority to make recommendations on overall practices and procedures performed by investigators, but it does not have the power to sanction them, Evans said.The panel's investigation started in 2006. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 1:10 pm
There are measures in the works in the Texas legislature to address the problem of teen to teen sexting as a misdemeanor. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:32 am
The legislature is up in arms over the matter — Florida, like just about every other state, is in the midst of a budget crisis — and the two judges primarily responsible for the fiasco were recently grilled by the state senate budget committee, with its chairman promising to prevent “an irresponsible rogue state judge from spending tax dollars” in the future. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:19 am
Texas OKs New Wind Power Transmission LinesTexas is in the midst of a wind-power boom, and at the heart of it lies a conundrum: While plenty of ranchers are eager to host wind turbines, few want the unsightly high-voltage transmission lines needed to carry the power to distant cities running through their property.The lack of transmission lines — and the relatively low price of natural gas — has thwarted the ambitions of wind-power advocates to expand the use of this… [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 7:41 am
As tempting as this idea may be on paper, one wonders whether it's the least bit legit:"Idaho's Republican-dominated Legislature now plans to use an obscure 18th century doctrine to declare President Barack Obama's signature bill null and void.Lawmakers in six other states -- Maine, Montana, Oregon, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming -- are also mulling "nullification" bills"The basic premise of "nullification" is that the… [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 3:38 am
The general appropriations bill is typically filed in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate, and a similar summary of the Senate version will be sent when it becomes available. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 12:46 pm
If you haven’t been paying attention, the Texas legislature is in session and facing a huge budget shortfall — with most estimates predicting a shortfall between $15 and 27 Billion. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 11:54 am
So, the Illinois legislature decided to raise taxes. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 10:33 am
And tell the State Bar of Texas with your vote that if they want you to approve an amendment to a rule, they can poll you on that amendment like the Legislature intended, without trying to make you agree on other amendments at the same time. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 8:28 am
The initial launch has data from five state legislatures: California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Wisconsin. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 8:24 am
The Texas Legislature's 140-day session will end on May 30. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 1:46 pm
The State Bar of Texas is conducting an unlawful referendum on amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 1:17 pm
Pfeifer is a Republican who, as a state Senator, was heavily involved in passing the capital punishment bill that became Ohio’s death penalty law in 1981. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 8:48 am
The windfall came after Glasheen lobbied the Texas Legislature two years ago to pay exonerees $80,000 for each year they were wrongly imprisoned, plus a lifetime annuity. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 8:28 am
State budget woes could spell the end of the Texas Innocence Clinics. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 5:04 am
Former state Rep. [read post]
