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27 Feb 2007, 6:13 am
The Legislature shouldn't continue to pile on fees, he said. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 3:36 pm
Governor Dewhurst, Speaker Craddick, members of the Texas Legislature and those expressing environmental concerns. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 7:12 am
A public policy report I authored was jointly released this morning by an unlikely liberal-moderate-conservative coalition between the ACLU of Texas, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition and the Texas State Rifle Association.The report follows up on subjects that first began as contemplations here on Grits: Are District and County Attorneys in Texas defying the Legislature to prosecute Texas drivers carrying otherwise legal weapons in… [read post]
24 Feb 2007, 6:11 am
Texas Border Security. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 10:35 am
Now that the Texas Legislature has begun its biennial ritual of passing new penalty enhancements, it's time for Grits to begin hashing through the various ways in which costs for these penalty hikes are systematically low-balled when calculating the state budget.A great example may be found in the fiscal note for Jessica's Law, HB 8, which passed out of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee yesterday at a surprise meeting called immediately after the House… [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 3:20 pm
At least 20 states are considering making its use mandatory for schoolgirls, and the governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has already done so by executive order. [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 8:16 am
The last day for filing most new bills in the Texas Legislature is March 9th, slightly more than two weeks from now. [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 1:37 pm
By denying Texas residents the information that consistent optometric services were available, the Texas law interfered with truthful commercial speech. [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 6:34 am
With passage of these new laws, 21 states now require parental consent, 11 require parental notice and two require both before a minor's abortion. ***** Two additional states, Tennessee and Texas, adjusted their policies to ensure that those consenting to an abortion for a minor are, in fact, the minor's parent. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 10:50 pm
Warren Chisum, chairman of the state's House Appropriations Committee, sent the memo to all 149 other representatives in the Texas legislature. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 11:01 am
According to the LA Times, the Texas legislature may soon pass a "stand your ground" law that extends the no-retreat rule to vehicles and places of bidness. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 7:48 am
Texas (the 2003 Supreme Court decision striking down that state's misdemeanor homosexual conduct law) seemingly ruled out morality as a justification for a criminal statute that burdens private, consensual sexual activity. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 6:00 am
It is also lobbying state legislatures and Congress to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, and it plans to unveil software that could help parents see how their children are identifying themselves on MySpace. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 6:38 am
The Legislature could solve the problem, and should, by just ponying up for more "forensic beds. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 1:43 pm
Bradley Clark at the Texas Law Blog tells about a case where a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge admonished the Legislature that they'd passed "an uncommonly bad law" when they made it a ticketable offense to obscure parts of the edge of your license plate. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 4:17 am
" Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals handed down its opinion in State v. [read post]
13 Feb 2007, 4:27 am
In Texas, Gov. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 8:50 pm
If the Illinois legislature can distract its attention from such nonissues as Internet hunting, maybe the states can end this practice. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 5:49 am
DPS takes an administration fee, and the rest goes to the state's trauma care fund.Here's the rub: Most people don't pay, so we actually have MORE people driving around with suspended licenses in Texas. [read post]
11 Feb 2007, 7:08 am
In Texas, Gov. [read post]
