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30 Nov 2010, 7:04 am
A story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published on Thanksgiving Day by Martha Deller lamented a systemic underfunding of indigent defense across the state in the face of growing demand. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 3:38 am
The biggest priority for the Legislature will be addressing the state's budget shortfall of up to $25 billion. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 2:23 am
The biggest priority for the Legislature will be addressing the state’s budget shortfall of up to $25 billion. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 3:37 am
This information is especially important as applied to Texas, because Governor Rick Perry and the Republican Legislature essentially provided immunity to doctors and hospitals with the passage of a law in 2003 that limited non-economic damages to a figure so low that qualified attorneys now will very rarely accept a potential client's case for malpractice. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 2:04 am
This information is especially important as applied to Texas, because Governor Rick Perry and the Republican Legislature essentially provided immunity to doctors and hospitals with the passage of a law in 2003 that limited non-economic damages to a figure so low that qualified attorneys now will very rarely accept a potential client’s case for malpractice. [read post]
27 Nov 2010, 1:35 pm
The Texas Railroad Commission is one of the oldest state administrative agencies in the nation. [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 2:40 pm
A Texas state representative asked why hundreds of rape kits in the state are never tested. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 7:33 am
First off, in Texas, the state legislature may be on the verge of another go-round in the ever-popular “let’s-display-the-Ten-Commandments-in-the-public-schools” crusade. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 7:04 am
Perkinson noted that the Texas Legislature had increased penalties and created new crimes during every legislative session since the 1960s, ignoring the fact that "tough sentencing laws are appropriations," or "really entitlement programs," which is an interesting way to look at it. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 7:51 pm
In Illinois a bill to repeal the death penalty – SB 3539 – has been introduced in the state legislature. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 11:00 am
Austin TX $161,812 Texas Association Of Community Health Care Austin TX $154,298 National Center For Farmworker Health, Inc. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 8:06 am
The Austin Statesman reports that "Texas has enough lethal drugs on hand to execute 39 condemned criminals, but all doses of one key drug in its inventory expire in March, a situation that could delay executions unless additional supplies are found, state officials revealed Friday. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 5:22 am
He’s worried the Legislature could approve new criminal penalty enhancements, either by increasing the minimum sentencing terms for state jail felonies, or by classifying more offenses as felonies. [read post]
20 Nov 2010, 6:16 am
Here's the backstory: In 2003, the GOP took over the Texas Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction and Speaker Tom Craddick appointed Ray Allen (since retired) to chair the House Corrections Committee. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:23 am
Additionally, the federal government should refrain from imposing unjustified conditions and federal requirements that should be decided by state legislatures, rather than the United State Congress. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 2:33 pm
As a general rule, licensing Boards such as the Texas Medical Board, Texas Board of Nursing and Texas State Board of Pharmacy are prohibited from exceeding the powers granted to them by the Legislature. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 7:55 am
In 2005, the Texas Legislature voted to let jurors choose life without parole or execution for capital murder. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 5:14 am
"There aren't a majority of votes in the Indiana legislature to impose either a moratorium or a revocation of the death penalty, so that's not going to happen," state Sen. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 5:14 am
"There aren't a majority of votes in the Indiana legislature to impose either a moratorium or a revocation of the death penalty, so that's not going to happen," state Sen. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 4:25 am
In the Texas state legislature, Joe Straus, the current speaker of the House of Representatives, is being challenged by two other Republicans who are more conservative. [read post]
