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28 Aug 2007, 3:37 am
I appreciate him taking time out to contribute this post:On Wednesday, a joint House-Senate committee of the Texas Legislature will meet to re-evaluate changes at TYC. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 11:25 pm
Texas spent $7.66 per inmate per day for health-related expenses in 2006 while California spent $16.60 per inmate per day, according to figures compiled by the Texas State Auditor's Office. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 8:53 am by Liskow & Lewis
 The predecessor provision to § 417.004 of the Texas Labor Code stated that a subscribing employer (i.e., an employer possessing workers’ compensation coverage) could not be liable to indemnify a third party against a personal injury claim by one of its employees “in the absence of a written agreement expressly assuming such liability, executed by the subscriber prior to such injury or death. [read post]
26 Aug 2007, 11:55 pm
When the Texas Legislature departed from Austin in May they left behind quite a bit of unfinished business at the Texas Youth Commission. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 9:32 am
There are no present plans to do this in New York, which would require action by the New York State legislature. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 2:52 am
But if the Texas Legislature can't fix the agency under its own steam I wouldn't be surprised to see the courts force them to take more draconian actions down the line, as has happened in California.See additional SF Chronicle coverage of the legislation. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 2:01 am
" Steve Bercu, an Austin bookstore executive who was a lead attorney in a landmark lawsuit two decades ago against the state over unconstitutional conditions in Texas' juvenile lockups, was more blunt: "That's something they shouldn't be doing. [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 9:26 am
The Texas Legislature created the task force when it enacted the Fair Defense Act of 2001 to improve representation for indigent defendants. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 11:24 am
Rick Perry to halt executions and declare a moratorium on capital punishment in the state.Perry didn't heed the request.Perry's spokesman Robert Black said while Texas "respects our friends in Europe" the state would decline the call for a moratorium.A US Supreme Court ruling in 1972 voided every state death penalty in the US because it was unfairly and arbitrarily applied.States including Texas went back to the drawing board and drafted new… [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 9:55 am
The Texas Legislature and Supreme Court, which share a role in establishing ethics rules for attorneys, have made it so that the public stays in the dark about thousands of lawyers accused of misconduct. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 9:52 am
  However, I don't think the state should mandate expensive dental care for baby teeth or even for adult teeth. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 9:26 am
The long-term solution is for the Texas Legislature to revisit the state's "law of parties" statutes. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 2:55 am
Let's not give the Texas Legislature an excuse to make that 2,325. [read post]
15 Aug 2007, 12:22 am
Earlier this year, the Texas legislature passed and the governor signed the Religious Viewpoint Anti-Discrimination Act that requires schools to establish "a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak". [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 4:49 am
"The attitude in the Legislature is get tough on crime,'' said former Republican state Sen. [read post]
11 Aug 2007, 10:20 am
Find updates on the case and urge members of the Texas legislature to stay Foster's execution and ask for a re-trial based on new evidence. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 5:00 am
The legislature approved a new section to the Texas Family Code (Section 154.016) and Governor Perry signed it into law on June 15, 2007. [read post]