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23 May 2007, 1:30 am
Just five days left in the 80th Texas Legislature - at this time of year it's routine to watch public policy proposals people have worked on for months or years stall out in a matter of moments, and that includes some of the positive legislation I've been tracking on Grits.With the Texas House having finished its final day for hearing Senate bills, I was disappointed to see several bills I support failing to make it onto the floor, which means at this point… [read post]
22 May 2007, 8:23 pm
That law, HB 944, was passed by the Texas legislature and sent to the Governor for signing on May 15, 2007. [read post]
22 May 2007, 2:29 pm
Hu and Jay Lawrence Westbrook, "Abolition of the Corporate Duty to Creditors" (Abstract ID: 977582)***Texas Tech University's Stuart Gilliand and Baylor University's John D. [read post]
22 May 2007, 1:32 am
Here's the story's lede: Four years after the Legislature took aim at runaway premiums for home insurance, two of Texas' biggest insurers are battling state efforts to lower their rates, and sponsors of the 2003 insurance reform law say homeowners are still paying too much. [read post]
22 May 2007, 12:04 am
Now promoted to Governor Cruel and unusual Dale and Sue Recinella will be featured Dead man talking Death penalty babble Death Penalty Panel Is Nearly Finished Death penalty study will be among first items for new Legislature Death Row Inmate Dies Naturally Deathrow warden back as a abolitionist priest Deltona massacre legal bill a record Denial - Florida education ... [read post]
21 May 2007, 1:53 pm
This is what he had to say:As the Houston Chronicle reports here, Texas is poised to become the sixth state to authorize capital punishment for child rape. [read post]
21 May 2007, 11:37 am
Despite DA's opposition, the bill passed both chambers of the Legislature and is already headed to the Governor. [read post]
21 May 2007, 4:53 am
It's my hope, in fact, that these bills' death serves to launch that discussion at the Texas Legislature in a serious way. [read post]
19 May 2007, 4:50 am
Quoting from the Web site:Established by the Texas Legislature in 1975, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. [read post]
18 May 2007, 8:56 am
As the Houston Chronicle reports here, Texas is poised to become the sixth state to authorize capital punishment for child rape. [read post]
18 May 2007, 12:47 am
The Texas Observer has more. [read post]
17 May 2007, 2:44 am
Texas is the only state in the country that does not allow a needle-exchange program for drug users.Delisi is from Temple, where I suppose the problem of IV drug use isn't as immediate as it is in urban districts. [read post]
16 May 2007, 9:20 am
I've got good news and bad news for sheriffs, jail administrators and mental health professionals who are worried about the growing backglog of mentally ill and retarded inmates in county jails declared incompetent to stand trial.When the 80th Legislature started, there were two, equally important initatives the Texas Lege needed to undertake to fix these chronic problems: Rationalizing outdated laws related to competency restoration and providing new funding for additional… [read post]
14 May 2007, 10:49 pm
•Debra Dick, superintendent of the Edna Tamayo House in Harlingen, who is accused of inappropriate use of state resources. [read post]
14 May 2007, 8:10 pm
Texas, she could not argue moral disapproval, and after the enactment of a civil union law, she couldn't very well use the "channeling procreation" argument that had triumphed in New York and Washington State and Indiana -- indeed, she disavowed [read post]
14 May 2007, 12:37 pm
A page by the National Conference of State Legislatures about the Act. [read post]
14 May 2007, 5:02 am
Without question, pending probation and parole reform legislation would ever have gotten as far as it has in the 80th Texas Legislature if not for hard work bytwo key, young leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum: Marc Levin from the ideologically conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation and Ana Yañez Correa of the moderate-left Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, both of whom will be honored this afternoon with a… [read post]
14 May 2007, 3:11 am
A tax proposal that made intuitive sense to some when Louisiana was one of the few states doing it-- giving tax breaks to movie-makers to encourage them to film in Louisiana rather than in other states--now seems less obviously good when dozens of other states are providing essentially the same tax giveaways.But now, as the Associated Press' Melinda Deslatte documents, the Louisiana legislature is considering taking the next step: offering tax breaks to… [read post]
13 May 2007, 3:04 am
New Jersey is poised to become the latest state to impose a moratorium on the death penalty, following the recommendation of a special panel commissioned by the State Legislature. [read post]
12 May 2007, 11:23 am
In Texas, a lawmakers' revolt overwhelmingly overturned Gov. [read post]
