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30 Apr 2007, 6:33 am
Political analysts doubt the legislature will do much else on prison reform. 'The question would be: If not now, when? [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 10:49 pm
You have detailed some of the Texas Legislature's activities, especially those related to judge and prosecutor longevity pay issues. [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 12:49 am
Texas is the leading state in executions, and has been know to be called "the killing state" by death row advocates. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 6:48 pm
Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.303. 9. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 10:51 am
California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas? [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 7:51 am
Good news for local officials managing understaffed and overcrowded jails - the 80th Texas Legislature's best chance to assist counties with the crisis in local jail overcrowding, HB 2391 by Madden, passed on second reading this afternoon on the House floor on a voice vote. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 6:20 am
David Kessler, the last FDA commissioner that plaintiffs don't say bad things about - arguing in favor of implied preemption by reason of conflict in a state tort suit called Biffle in Texas. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 11:31 pm
It's the United States' 2d largest death row -- California leads with 646 persons even while, as Nancy Ward reported, its legislature contemplates an end to life-without-parole sentences for juveniles. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 11:19 pm
However, thanks to a 1989 statute won by police unions at the Legislature, those same records are closed at 73 Texas cities that have adopted the state civil service code (Chapter 143.o89(g) of the Local Government Code).This has always been a personal beef of mine - most of these 73 cities opted into the civil service code via plebiscites in the '40s and '50s. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 10:56 am
She writes:Luckily for the state of Texas, Dewhurst has been forced to significantly change the bill in order to get enough votes to pass it out of the Texas Senate. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 3:21 am
Last year the state said the waiting list was about 100, so either they were lowballing the figure then or the waiting list has grown since the Legislative Budget Board authorized emergency funds for competency restoration in 2006.Grabell didn't mention it, but there's legislation in play at the Texas Legislature aimed at reducing that waiting list, spurred on by Advocacy Inc.'s lawsuit. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 3:16 am
But its members appear overly infatuated with penalty enhancements and draconian police state tactics as the solution to every social problem. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 7:00 pm
Tort-reform types have long pushed their message in the halls of state legislatures and Congress. [read post]
22 Apr 2007, 6:05 am
Today's Dallas Morning News carries a lengthy article on initiatives in this year's Texas legislature to enact laws making the expression of faith more prominent in schools and government. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 10:07 am
Texas Monthly messengered around an influential article on the subject last month. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 4:44 pm
Earlier this week, I posted stories about immigration-related bills were percolating in the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 9:54 am
The National Conference of State Legislatures has prepared a page about the effects of the Act on states. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 8:03 am
Man, the Texas Legislature is now moving through legislation fast and furious as members begin to realize there are only 40 days left in the regular 80th session. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 11:15 pm
Obviously I've been awfully focused on the Texas Legislature, and will return to that focus shortly, but looking around at the press this morning I notice quite a few stories that might normally turn into full-blown Grits blog posts if our 181 friends at the capitol weren't so busy. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 7:22 am
"The State Bar of Texas adopted a voluntary specialty certification program for paralegals in 1974 which was structured after the voluntary specialty certification program for attorneys in Texas. [read post]
