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1 Oct 2008, 11:34 am
But when that strategy can't meet the state's needs, there's nothing wrong with the state operating those beds itself just like the government owns most Texas' prison facilities. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 5:30 am
Today most of it goes toward expanding treatment-oriented programs and to pay for the Governor's border security program.)So the Texas Legislature could save taxpayers $37,367,353 and keep the public safer just by telling the feds to "go to hell" and informing DFPS and DPS the state will not comply. [read post]
28 Sep 2008, 11:02 pm
Here is an overview: In 1995, the Texas Legislature created an exception to a 1973 statute, which required a person to retreat in the face of a criminal attack. [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 2:41 pm
Simply put there is no federal law requiring that, with that said, there is a federal "Guideline" under the Adam Walsh Act which permits state legislatures to OPTIONALLY show the place of employment of registrants (See excerpt from AWA at end of commentary).Guidelines are not laws, and the AWA guidelines are parameters for state legislatures when enacting their state laws. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 8:56 am
The only step court members are expected to take today is authorizing further studies by a team of representatives from county and district courts, the county attorney's office, each Commissioners Court member's office, the criminal defense bar, the Texas Fair Defense Project and the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense. ...State Sen. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 7:41 am
The consequences of failing to act aggressively now leave the State open to losing control of the State correctional system and with it, control of the state budget.And yet, despite the threat of courts taking over their decisionmaking role, at much greater cost to taxpayers, and a massive state budget crisis, the California Legislature couldn't muster the political will to pass anything constructive. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 9:20 am
” Sanders (University of Texas, UT Law) worked at the firm that would become Clark, West, Keller, Sanders and Butler from 1950 through 1961 while also serving in the Texas legislature. [read post]
21 Sep 2008, 10:59 am
Well, this is how the legislature votes. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 4:53 am
Some of the large states that tax downloads are Texas, New Jersey, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 10:34 pm
Oklahoma Uniform Securities Act of 2004 The Texas Securities Act Michigan Legislature [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 3:35 pm
Lindsey would be the 19th man cleared by DNA testing in Dallas County since 2001, when the state Legislature began allowing post-conviction DNA testing. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 1:09 pm
However, the Texas legislature finally realized that persons who received deferred adjudication and completed probation successfully needed relief from the stigma attached to having pled guilty to a criminal offense. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 7:46 am
Having analyzed on Saturday the Legislative Budget Board's incarceration projections for the adult prison system, let's take a look at LBB's projections regarding youth crime and incarceration in their five year population estimate (pdf) which is used to set agency budgets.Regular readers know that in 2007 the Legislature took steps aimed at reducing inmate populations at the Texas Youth Commission, including shifting 19-20 year olds to TDCJ and refusing to take… [read post]
LBB: Texas' prison population will dip next year for the first time in decades before rising further
13 Sep 2008, 11:37 am
Tony Fabelo and abolished the state's independent criminal justice number crunchers, the Texas Legislative Budget Board assumed responsibility for issuing population projections for the adult and juvenile justice systems. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 8:23 pm
The Texas Medical Association makes the case that the surge can be attributed to the medical malpractice lawsuit limits, TORT REFORM passed by the Legislature in 2003. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 10:00 am
In Texas, thankfully, these procedures are relatively transparent compared to a lot of other states. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 4:57 pm
I have no doubt that, if necessary, the Republican-dominated state legislature will fix this problem for Sen. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 2:00 pm
In the case, United States v. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 1:51 pm
Briefly, as part of the State Bar's last sunset review before the Legislature, the Bar was required to review its standing committee structure at least biennially to ensure that the committees in place are needed and don't overlap, and that the policies governing those committees are appropriate. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 12:00 pm
For those who missed it, on Tuesday August 19th the Texas Senate Finance Committee got an update from the Comptroller of Public Accounts as to where things currently stand – revenue-wise and otherwise – with regard to the revised franchise tax, or “Margin Tax. [read post]
