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7 Sep 2010, 11:34 pm
Legislature Willing to Lessen Constitutional Protections to Appease Mothers Against Drunk Driving By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair For the past fifteen years the State of Texas either led the nation or ranked in the top five states in DWI fatalities. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:27 pm
More people have been freed through DNA testing in Texas than in any other state in the country, and these exonerations have revealed deep flaws in the state's criminal justice system. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 7:56 am
Ø Solutions to the Budget Cuts Instead of harmful budgetary cuts to critical programs, the Legislature must take advantage of the Rainy Day Fund, which could provide over $9 billion for the 2012-2013 state budget. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:05 am
Here are a few excerpts about Dallas traffic from the article: The report, ordered by the Legislature last year, went live Wednesday and shows, as expected, that roads with the biggest traffic messes are clustered in the state’s biggest cities. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 10:40 am
When he says that a county-based system is broke it is.This Legislature and BeyondYou can bet that this session of the legislature will not be increasing funding for indigent defense while taking an eighteen billion dollar haircut. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 4:44 am
State, 7th District Court of Appeals (Amarillo) Appellant, an indigent defendant (who, incidentally, also qualified as an indigent appellant), was ordered by the trial court to pay court-appointed attorney's fees and non-resident witness travel fees as "court costs" under Articles 26.05 and 102.002 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, respectively. [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 8:21 am
"Now the ball is in the Legislature's court. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 5:06 pm
I am writing this while embroiled in a two day mediation for a large Texas school district involving a Hurricane Ike loss. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 3:01 pm
Solutions to Budget Cuts Instead of making harmful budgetary cuts to agencies like the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the Legislature must take advantage of the Rainy Day Fund, which could provide over $9 billion for the 2012-2013 state budget. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 12:09 pm
With an estimated 15%-25% of children being bullied at school, state legislatures have passed laws to address the problem. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 8:04 am
As readers may remember the TCAP was created by the last legislature. [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 4:03 pm
Our concern: Cuts will have a drastic impact on the number of youth committee to the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 7:44 am
In Texas, 43 people have been exonerated by DNA evidence, more people than in any other state. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 12:37 pm
Texas Watchdog reports that a grand jury in Jim Wells County convened by the Attorney General has indicted the former District Attorney on first degree felony charges related to alleged misuse of asset forfeiture money. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 12:39 pm
For those of you who haven’t committed all of my previous blog posts to memory, Daughters has operated and maintained The Alamo in San Antonio since 1905 after the Texas legislature enacted a statute directing the Governor of Texas to deliver the Alamo property to the “care and custody” of Daughters “to be maintained by them in good order and repair. [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 8:20 pm
At the time, Texas was only the third state to move to the age of the internet. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 1:37 pm
Rick Perry argues that this is impossible: The state legislature controls education funding in Texas, not the governor, and the governor cannot bind future legislatures to any level of spending. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 8:29 pm
Texas Tribune - In a CNN video that went viral yesterday, state Rep. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 10:59 am
This is the legislatures way of trying to get the parents to work things out. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 8:27 am
So, what’s a Legislature to do? [read post]
