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5 Mar 2009, 5:20 am
Corrections budgets hit the fan today in both chambers of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 3:29 pm
Texas is on a record pace to break its own modern record for the number of executions in one state in one year. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 2:10 pm
The Hawaii legislature then passed a pair of bills, first placing a state constitutional amendment on the ballot reserving to the legislature the right to decide whether same-sex couples could marry, and the second creating for the first time in the United States a state-level legal status for same-sex couples, called reciprocal beneficiaries, that provided some of the rights accorded to married couples to those who registered as such. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 3:11 am
Zaffirini for sticking with the idea all these years, and I hope the third time is the charm.MORE: See written testimony submitted by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 9:18 pm
03/02/2009 By Dawn Tongish, The 33 News A North Texas father, who did not want to be identified, cringes every time he sees the Texas Department of Public Safety website that features sex offenders. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 11:51 am
The change came after the state Legislature failed to provide additional funding for defense attorneys contracted to handle the case by the public defender's office.And: A bill to abolish the death penalty is also before the Texas legislature, but Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos intends to proceed with 194 pending death penalty cases she has on the books. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 7:10 am
Last week, the State Bar of Texas continued its advance into the Web 2.0 era by launching its own blog. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 4:00 am
Morton Buildings, Inc., 953 S.W.2d at 303, in which this Court held that raw materials that are purchased out of state, incorporated into another product out of state, and then subsequently brought into Texas are not subject to the use tax. [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 10:12 pm
We've seen some positive expressions in Washington by the new administration, but right now I'm not sure I see a strong faction at the Texas Legislature, in either party, supporting greater government openness, and that's a little scary.UPDATE: I forwarded this post to Reps Hughes and Heflin, and Rep Bryan Hughes responded thusly: Thanks, man. [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 9:09 pm
So, although the judge found the evidence "overwhelming" that Texas hold'em is a game of skill (establishing that he's never seen me play it), he still found the defendants guilty.In its previous session, the state legislature considered a bill that would have amended 16-19-40 to legalize in-home poker, "including, but not limited to, games commonly referred to as five-card draw, Texas hold'em, and seven card stud, and… [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 9:55 am
The Dallas Morning News reports that Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is “hopeful” that the legislature will approve a bill to bring a University of North Texas Law School to downtown Dallas, Texas. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 8:04 pm
The legislatures of the states have elected to punish some crimes quite differently, more or less severely, in certain states. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 7:59 am
I actually had them as a client, and had input into some of the tort reform efforts that the legislature put into place. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 7:04 am
-- The Pennsylvania Legislature is considering bills to impose a property tax on producing minerals and a severance tax on production in that state. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:53 am
In addition to S.B. 222 discussed here, the 81st Texas Legislature is considering H.B. 1083. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 7:27 am
And for years, the office has viewed Texas Hold 'em as an illegal game of chance barred by this predominance test.But Judge Lawrence Duffy Jr. said in his decision that the legislature has never "explicitly and precisely" defined the words "gaming" and "gambling house" in the state law, and he can't definitively conclude that Texas Hold 'em is legal, even if it is a game of… [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 8:30 pm
The reforms followed increased state scrutiny after allegations of sexual abuse of inmates in the TYC system. ...About 110 positions also were cut from the West Texas State School in Pyote, including 67 employee layoffs. ... [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 8:04 am
If a new state probe of her conduct fails to prompt her removal, the Legislature should impeach her.More than a year after her cavalier actions shocked the country, Keller has finally been called to account for her actions. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 11:25 pm
McLennan County Judge Jim Lewis, who plans to meet with state Sen. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 2:35 pm
Luckily, in 2003 the Texas state legislature changed the law concerning deferred adjudication records. [read post]
