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21 May 2008, 10:21 pm
Here are reports from the NYT, the Houston Chronicle, Reuters and the AP. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 8:55 am
Ordinances have also been considered in various cities throughout the United States, including in Texas in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 4:37 am
Debates surrounding the bill centered mostly on innocence cases - particularly the Houston drug convictions based on faulty field tests - but it also could have implications for people with unreasonably long sentences or even problematic death-penalty convictions. [read post]
21 Sep 2017, 6:53 am
— The Texas Tribune Mayor, council members clash over questions about debris removal — City Council devolved into a series of shouting matches Wednesday over an agenda item to allocate more money to remove the thousands of piles of Hurricane Harvey debris across Houston, ultimately delaying the proposal over Mayor Sylvester Turner’s strenuous objections. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 9:29 am
The problem is not limited to Texas, however, and earlier this week, officials from a number of states called for federal legislation.Let's begin with "Texas seeks OK to jam cell phones," written by Amy D'Onofrio for the Thursday Houston Chronicle.Texas officials urged Congress on Wednesday to permit states to electronically jam cell phone calls made by prisoners. [read post]
4 Jul 2009, 1:29 am
What is surprising, though, is how commonplace serious bribery allegations in Texas have become.In just the last month Texas has seen a Houston-based waste management company accused of bribing the wife of the US House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to get her to change her vote in their favor on the Detroit City Council. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 5:28 pm
When Houston officials refused to fund a new venue, Adams moved the team to Nashville, Tennessee, where state and city leaders were all too happy to provide a state-of-the-art facility. [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 5:53 pm
Reported the Houston Chronicle ("State troopers could be in line for pay raises," Aug. 7):Texas should spend $50.2 million to make state trooper pay competitive with large city and county law enforcement departments, the state auditor recommended Wednesday. [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 7:13 pm
HOUSTON, Texas — Rapper Travis Scott’s attorneys asked a Texas judge to grant his recently filed motion for summary judgment in the civil suit regarding the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 6:33 am
— The Texas Tribune Former Shell president named Houston’s recovery czar — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner created a new position to help the city move forward. [read post]
22 Sep 2017, 6:54 am
— The Texas Tribune City of Liberty claims new unofficial Harvey rainfall record: 55 inches — Bruce Johnson knew it all along. [read post]
6 Sep 2016, 6:27 pm
Apparently, the law has not been wiped-off-the-books yet in Texas despite the SCOTUS Obergefell ruling.The plaintiffs in the Texas lawsuit sought to enjoin the City of Houston from granting spousal benefits to employees with a same-sex spouse that were married in any state other than Texas. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 9:27 am
The city has a reputation as liberal, but these data evidence quite authoritarian policing practices compared to other large Texas jurisdictions.However, this isn't just a capital-city story. [read post]
1 Sep 2013, 10:46 am
He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Harris County Texas Divorce Courts. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 4:11 pm
(It’s reported that this product was on its way to Houston.) [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 6:45 am
— KHOU – Houston Houston Bar expands LegalLine for those impacted by Harvey — The Houston Bar Association has expanded its LegalLine program to assist those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and has a toll-free number for Texas residents outside the Houston area. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 7:54 pm
Reports the Dallas News:At least 2,600 Houston-area DWI arrests are now in question, after a Department of Public Safety contractor failed to inspect breath analysis equipment - and faked records to show that she hadMORE: Here's a longer story from the Houston Chronicle, which informs us that:The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday that it suspended the certification for a woman who contracted to keep the breath test machines accurate for the Clute,… [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 2:09 am
Like the city of of Honululu, Hawaii, the Montgomery County, Texas District Attorney's Office, a neighboring county of Harris County, Texas is trying to scare its citizens from getting arrested for DWI. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 2:09 am
Like the city of of Honululu, Hawaii, the Montgomery County, Texas District Attorney's Office, a neighboring county of Harris County, Texas is trying to scare its citizens from getting arrested for DWI. [read post]
15 May 2019, 8:12 am
The Odessa District ranked sixth out of all districts when it came to the total number of fatal crashes, behind the five most populous cities in Texas: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Austin. [read post]
