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3 Jul 2024, 9:05 pm by Thomas Gremillion
A study of state legislatures, however, found that the degree to which state courts defer to state agency interpretations of state law has no effect upon “legislative productivity,” as measured by the word count of statutes passed by the state legislatures. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 4:47 am by David J. DePaolo
"WorkCompCentral reporter Michael Whiteley found out as much when he prepared his special report on the state's workers' compensation system, published Monday.A review of data from the workers' compensation systems in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas and interviews with experts inside and beyond the Empire State, show: New York State Workers' Compensation Board's (SWCB) 94 judges held 266,046 hearings last year. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 9:12 am
  Just last week, The New York Times highlighted efforts in the Minnesota state legislature to amend our state constitution to outlaw any requirement that individuals buy health insurance. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 4:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
” This is an issue I'd like to see the Texas Legislature address in 2013, preferably creating a warrant requirement for obtaining personal information including location from people's cell phones. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 7:52 am by Amy Howe
In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 4:36 am by David J. DePaolo
But WCRI also receives funding from many other sources, such as state agencies, that have no "teeth" in the game and simply need good information for policy decisions.With national attention being paid to prescription drugs fueled by celebrity deaths and addiction, those arguing in favor of physician prescription drug dispensing have an uphill battle - they might win legislatures for a short time but the tide is against them. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 10:15 am by Christie Asselin, Esq.
Fourteen jurisdictions in the United States already prohibit the sentencing of youth to life without parole or do not have any youth offenders serving the sentence: Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 9:12 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
First, however, the City needed to get the approval of the Pennsylvania legislature. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 9:13 am by Jamie Markham
North Carolina had one of the largest—if not the largest—state delegations at the summit, with representation from corrections, the legislature, two judges, a prosecutor, the N.C. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 1:40 pm by Mark J. Caruso, attorney
Democrats increased their numbers in the 2008 elections and now outnumber Republicans 72-40 in the Legislature. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 6:31 pm by Dr. Shezad Malik
In the interim, the state Legislature passed a law removing liability for seaside municipalities if they posted warning flags about dangerous swimming conditions or if someone drowned because of natural causes. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 6:24 am by Matthew C. Bouchard, Esq.
  As the General Assembly grapples with appropriate P3 authorizing legislation, it would do well to follow the lead of the Texas and Maine legislatures, which require payment bonds on P3 projects. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 2:07 pm by Christopher Danzig
According to the National Center for State Courts, at least 25 states have adopted some form of e-filing. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 10:00 pm by Patricia Salkin
As to Hill Country and Covered Bridge’s ultra vires claims against Guernsey, absent waiver by the Legislature, sovereign and governmental immunity generally deprive courts of subject-matter jurisdiction over suits against the State, its agencies, or officers or employees acting within their official capacity. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 7:15 am by Amy Howe
The highest-profile case on yesterday’s order list may be Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:32 am by Russ Bensing
  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]
22 Nov 2009, 3:35 am
Several states, including Delaware, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, have adopted that model or a variation of it. [read post]
4 Jul 2023, 11:38 pm by Josh Blackman
But it is the Executive seizing the power of the Legislature. [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 5:19 pm by Eugene Volokh
The legislative history of § 1021.11 suggests the legislature understood the punitive effect of the law, but enacted it anyway: "While the goal of repurposing the Texas law may be sound, these problematic provisions may not justify those ends. [read post]