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28 Jun 2015, 9:53 am by Stuart Kaplow
The Colorado legislature made clear it was illegal to capture rainwater off of one’s rooftop, as it infringed on the supply of senior water rights holders downstream, when in 2009 the state authorized certain limited exemptions approved by the State Engineer on residential roofs where no municipal water supply is provided. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 7:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Association Against Sexual Assault has recommended the Legislature create an independent oversight mechanism at TDCJ comparable to the Ombudsman created for TJJD after the 2007 scandals.So TDCJ has the same problems, but TJJD has more systems in place to catch them (which is how the Gainesville scandal arose in the first place - media reports didn't surface until after four staff were indicted).The Chronicle story tells us the governor backs the move, in addition to… [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 1:28 pm by Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Senators committed to resisting federal attempts to weaken these critical programs. [read post]
28 Apr 2022, 8:43 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  I hope that many people followed the story earlier this week about a Democratic state senator in Michigan, Mallory McMorrow, who had been attacked as a pedophile by a Republican who serves in that same body. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 1:17 pm
This relocation issue must be addressed by Senator Ronald Rice and the Community and Urban Affairs Committee if and when eminent domain reform is ever accomplished by the New Jersey legislature. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 5:01 am by Nathaniel Persily, Charles Stewart, III
  Any one of these challenges—voting during the coronavirus pandemic, the blunderbuss pursuit of fabricated claims of vote fraud in courts and state legislatures in five states, the effort to exclude legally cast electoral votes by members of Congress and the insurrection at the Capitol—would have posed an existential threat to democracy in America. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 3:07 am
Richard Sears, D-Bennington, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 7:11 am
However, I do think there is something to State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa's prediction that the appeal will be decided based on an Article XI test of whether the new law is general or special.Section 15 of Act 2 provides: "Any state lands previously authorized to be used to facilitate or support the operation of a large capacity ferry vessel, shall be authorized to be used to effectuate the provisions of this Act. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 7:34 am by Brian A. Comer
   There is an article in The State today about the Senate's debate and the current status. [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 12:10 am by Josh Richman
But there are also some people in the legislatures who have worked to enact real progress. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 2:02 am
"New Jersey on Thursday became the first state legislature since the 1960s to abolish the death penalty. [read post]
14 May 2018, 9:15 am by David Oxenford
Some state legislatures have taken an interest in the issue, and New York adopted its own political disclosure legislation mirroring many of the provisions of the Honest Ads Act. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 6:51 am by Bexis
  The chairman of the Senate Committee on State Affairs, understood that under Buckman, “the state cannot enforce something . [read post]
27 Feb 2023, 2:38 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
For instance, Article, I, Section 3, clause 1 provides that "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 4:23 pm by Josh Blackman
The list includes "[t]he Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Bill 305 would allow electronic signatures on lobbyist registration forms and documents. [read post]
20 Mar 2014, 7:25 am by Matthew R. Arnold, Esq.
  The bill was originally introduced by State Senator Richard Ross back in early 2013 and failed to garner the support necessary to pass. [read post]
1 May 2012, 6:49 pm by Dan Bushell
The stars seem to have aligned such that our state appellate courts as well the U.S. [read post]