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31 Jul 2008, 10:56 am
Their lightning fast and complete ratification by the fifty state legislatures was nothing short of miraculous. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 3:48 am
If this proves good for local business, you can expect other PI groups to start lobbying their legislatures as well. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 5:00 am
7-28-2008 Texas:Fingerprinting of employees of school districts will begin soon at three area schools.Hillsboro, West and Whitney teachers will be fingerprinted in August, when a contractor hired by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) comes to their campuses to begin the process.As a part of Senate Bill 9 passed by the Texas Legislature in 2007, all school-district employees in the state must be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal-background check.Districts have… [read post]
27 Jul 2008, 11:30 pm
Before eliminating the authority to use the depository arrangement, the Texas legislature needs to appreciate the difficulty the industry has in attracting quality fiduciary services. [read post]
27 Jul 2008, 3:57 pm
Once every 12 years Texas state agencies undergo what's known as a "Sunset" review where the Legislature evaluates the agency as a whole and decides whether it still serves a function or deserves to be eliminated. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 8:13 am
The Commission recommends that the state begin planning now to ultimately eliminate its juvenile justice operations and create regional rehabilitative facilities for high-risk, high-need offenders to be leased to and run by the counties.California is using block grants to counties to enforce use of best practices via contract, in much the same way the Texas Legislature made new money available to adult probation departments through grants that must be used for progressive… [read post]
23 Jul 2008, 9:44 pm
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the Texas legislature passed a law last year promoting Bible classes in the public schools, now the State Board of Education, in a 10-5 vote, approved curriculum guidelines [...] [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 2:46 pm
Perry and the Board of Pardons will enhance the reputation of Texas and the United States throughout the world. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 2:55 pm
Representative Keiser spoke at length about the NCOIL Model Act Regarding Use of Credit Information in Personal Insurance (the “Model Act”), which is now used in 26 states including Florida, New York, and Texas. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 11:44 am
Similar legislation is expected to be introduced in the Texas Legislature when it reconvenes in early 2009. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 12:10 am
To find out how to contact your state representative, visit the State of Texas online. [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 2:59 pm
Specifically, semi-presidentialism combined a popularly elected head of state with a head of government responsible to a legislature. [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 12:42 pm
Texas, we urge congressional action to ensure that the United States lives up to its binding international legal obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs and the United Nations Charter. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 4:21 pm
Mexico argued: “Neither the Texas executive, nor the Texas legislature, nor the federal executive, nor the federal legislature has taken any legal steps at this point that would stop” the imminent executions of Medellin and the four others on Texas’ death row. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 9:55 am
It adds that, in Mexico's view, the fact that "[n]either the Texas executive, nor the Texas legislature, nor the federal executive, nor the federal legislature [of the United States] has taken any legal steps at this point that would stop th[e] execution [of Mr. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 6:13 am
If the Legislature ever fixed the school finance fiasco, I have to wonder if Iraan-Sheffield ISD wouldn't be looking to drop this contract like a hot potato? [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 7:39 am
Travis County is the only agency in the state that's using the new citation law. [read post]
13 Jul 2008, 7:38 am
" The paper raises important questions about privatization that arguably apply equally to privatizing treatment services in the state prison system ("Costs of privatization," July 13):Since control of the Legislature changed hands in 2003, Texas has been in a dither attempting to convert things done by government to things done by private enterprise. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 3:30 pm
The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (CHRA) Versus the Whistleblower Act City of Waco, Texas v. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 10:10 am
Generally, if an agency is to be continued, a bill must be passed by the Legislature. [read post]
