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12 Jan 2011, 1:59 am
Mariannette Miller-Meeks as Director of the state Department of Public Health.Miller-Meeks completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at Texas Christian University and earned her M.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center.She is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves and an ophthalmologist. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 6:17 pm
” Both houses of the Illinois legislature approved repeal of the state’s death penalty. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 12:38 pm
The legislature would have to pass a bill to give the $23 million. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 12:26 pm
The 82nd session of the Texas Legislature began Tuesday, January 11. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 8:47 am
" One critical difference between them and others who call Crime Stoppers, though: While an arrest may be made or criminal charges filed based on testimony from a jailhouse informant, in 2009 the Texas Legislature, in a bill authored by state Sen. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 6:55 am
Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey offered this observation, supplemented with the opinion of at least one commissioner, regarding the expert testimony from the state fire marshal before the Texas Forensic Science Commission on the Todd Willingham case:Not a single independent scientist came forth to defend the work of Texas Deputy Fire Marshal Manuel Vasquez, who died in 1994, or the Corsicana arson investigator.Instead of seeking a scientist, the State Fire… [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 5:04 am
The goal was to obtain a Republican majority in the Texas Legislature which would then be able to gerrymander Congressional districts to increase the number of Republicans in the Texas delegation, strengthening Delay’s position in the Congress and in the state. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 2:36 pm
Unfortunately, so far the state of Texas has done next to nothing to prevent wrongful convictions and improve the reliability of our justice system, despite the fact that it leads the nation in DNA exonerations.... [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 1:01 pm
That's why I remain optimistic that the budget crunch can motivate legislators to scale back the state corrections system - which today oversees 1 in 22 Texas adults in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole - in ways that sound arguments from policy wonks or reform advocates could otherwise never accomplish.RELATED: Let me know in the reader poll in the sidebar how many, if any, prisons you think the 82nd Texas Legislature will close as a result of the… [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 8:29 am
Instead, the court wrote: “This is emphatically a question for the Legislature. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 8:24 am
In a state that executed 24 in 2009 and 17 in 2010, the possibility of condemning an innocent man is a powerful argument against the death penalty.But death penalty supporters are reluctant to concede the fallibility of Texas’ system. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 4:16 pm
These state laws require structured settlement transfers to receive advanced state court approval. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 6:52 am
Texas Tribune writers did a collective overview of the upcoming 82nd Texas Legislature for the Times as part of their budding journalistic for-profit/non-profit partnership, and after each policy issue covered is a blurb with a subhed, "WHO TO WATCH. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 9:48 am
The current state of Texas law draws no line regarding the gender of the parent or parents a child has. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 9:48 am
The current state of Texas law draws no line regarding the gender of the parent or parents a child has. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 9:27 am
Not only have Florida lawmakers failed on this front, they are one of the few state legislatures in the nation that have passed a law preventing local cities from enacting their own ordinances to protect the public. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 6:49 am
Unfortunately, the kill joys in the legislature want to ruin your Cedar Creek lake cruise. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 6:49 am
Unfortunately, the kill joys in the legislature want to ruin your Cedar Creek lake cruise. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 12:15 pm
This is a United States District Court for the Western District of Texas case. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 7:22 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety has finally released more details about the rollout of Amnesty and Indigence programs for the Driver Responsibility surcharge, from their Public Information Office's Chaparral newsletter (pdf) pointed out to me by an alert reader:Texans whose driver licenses have been suspended for failing to pay state-mandated surcharges are urged to take advantage of a one-time payment amnesty from late January to late April 2011.The Texas… [read post]
