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27 Apr 2013, 8:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
They've all been approved by the lower chamber and are or soon will be on their way to Rick Perry's desk for final approval or veto:SB 336 by Rodriguez/Moody on qualifications as a medical examiner, allowing a physician certified to practice in another state and who has applied for licensure in Texas to work as a M.E. with a provisional license. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 2:51 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry — who nominated Annette Raggette to the prison board, then withdrew her name Wednesday amid the controversy — should ask for Bell’s resignation.Lowry also asked for Travis County prosecutors to investigate whether any state laws were broken — whether nepotism laws cover board appointments and whether Raggette may have falsified a government document when she answered a question on the application form, and specified she was not related to … [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 8:44 am by admin
A federal superseding indictment charged nine additional defendants with racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank bribery and money laundering. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 8:14 am by Angel Reyes
Two years ago, the bill was passed but Governor Rick Perry vetoed it. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 5:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Governor Rick Perry has withdrawn the nomination of Annette Raggette to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice which oversees the state prison system after this blog broke the news, followed up by a story in the Austin Statesman, that she has close business ties and worked for years for an eponymous company run by TDCJ board chairman Oliver Bell. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 4:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry’s newest appointment to the Texas prison system’s governing board because she is a longtime business associate of the current chairman.Officials confirmed that Annette Raggette, who owns a management consulting firm, worked for years for Oliver Bell, chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice — a business tie that would be a rarity for two members of the nine-member prison board.Though business ties between members of state boards used to be… [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 8:23 pm by jennifer
Texas has limited laws in place banning texting and driving, and the laws that do exist barely scraped by Rick Perry’s veto hatchet in 2011. [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 11:53 pm by Gretchen Goetz
By Gretchen Goetz and Helena Bottemiller By March of last year, lean finely textured beef (LFTB) had reached celebrity status under the unfavorable moniker “pink slime. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 11:31 am by Jeff Gamso
  You remember, he's the guy who was executed for killing his kids in an arson fire that there's no actual evidence was arson even though the fire marshalls back then thought there was (though even then they should have known better).Willingham is dead, though Rick Perry knew (at least he knew if he bothered reading the papers in front of him) that the evidence of arson was bullshit when he signed off on the killing. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 9:21 am by Joe Consumer
She’s hoping to win reappointment from Governor Rick Perry, but not if consumer advocates have anything to do with it. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 7:32 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Governor Rick Perry, Senator John Cornyn, and Senator Ted Cruz will discuss the issue today. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 8:48 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
–  Governor Rick Perry discusses asset testing for Medicaid expansion. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 9:00 am by P. Andrew Torrez
  As Rick Perry might say:  "oops." [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 7:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Though a district judge recommended habeas relief, the CCA denied it which leaves a commutation by Governor Rick Perry as the only possible avenue for redress unless new evidence is discovered. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 7:30 am by Dan Ernst
  It commences:In June 2011, the Texas State Legislature passed and Governor Rick Perry signed the historic Senate Bill (S.B.) 332, an act recognizing "that the landowner owns the groundwater below the surface of the landowner's land as real property." [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 6:35 am by Rachel, Law Clerk
Rick Perry backs 20-week abortion ban in Texas Zimmerman won't seek 'Stand Your Ground' hearing in April Toronto’s population overtakes Chicago Vastly unpaid tickets point to TTC’s enforcement struggles - Rachel Spence, Law Clerk Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 6:15 am by Rachel Sachs
Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 11:29 am by Frank Pasquale
Education as Cultural InfrastructureThus it's no surprise to see Rick Scott, Rick Perry and Scott Walker at the front of the college reform parade, with one "holy grail: the so-called 10K degree — a university education completed for just 10 grand." [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 7:37 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
It looks like Governor Rick Perry is the last man standing among the larger states in the Medicaid expansion debate. [read post]