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2 Apr 2019, 1:16 pm
His appeal at the state level was also based on bills in the Texas Legislature that would limit the death penalty for accomplices who didn’t kill anyone at a crime scene. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 10:46 am
In response to this issue, Monica's Law created a registry of protective orders that have been issued in the state of Texas. [read post]
30 Sep 2005, 10:02 am
DeLay is accused [indictment text, PDF] of conspiring to use corporate donations to support candidates for the Texas legislature; state law allows [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 1:37 pm
On Monday January 9, 2012 the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in three election law cases from Texas which involve plans for voting districts drawn up by the Texas legislature and a three judge Federal court in Texas. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 8:48 am
Texas is one of just seven states nationally that treats 17-year-old offenders as adults in the criminal justice system. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 8:48 am
Texas is one of just seven states nationally that treats 17-year-old offenders as adults in the criminal justice system. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 3:45 pm
It found that the congressional and state legislative districting plans would cut down on minorities’ voting rights for seats in the House and in both chambers of the Texas legislature. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 1:10 pm
There are measures in the works in the Texas legislature to address the problem of teen to teen sexting as a misdemeanor. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 6:47 am
Prosecution in Texas is a growth industry. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 10:02 am
Media Matters for America reports: Dozens of voter ID laws have been introduced in state legislatures over the past two years, including particularly strict measures passed in seven states in 2011 -- Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee... [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 2:09 pm
In 2015, the Texas legislature passed a MADD-backed bill (HB 2246) which may help lower some of these worrying statistics. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 11:36 am
Per HB 79 passed in the 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, the State Bar of Texas has appointed a task force to develop rules to determine whether a civil case requires additional resources for efficient judicial management. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 11:36 am
Per HB 79 passed in the 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, the State Bar of Texas has appointed a task force to develop rules to determine whether a civil case requires additional resources for efficient judicial management. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 6:00 am
According to the Election Night Returns page on the Texas Secretary of State’s web site, on Tuesday the voters approved Proposition 6, a state constitutional amendment authorizing an exemption from ad valorem tax for one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used for both business and personal purposes; i.e., so-called "mixed-use" vehicles. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 7:47 am
Harvesting native oysters is terrible for the latter and the Legislature prefers criminal law to the former.Including misdemeanors, Texas has dozens of oyster-related crimes on the books, all because the state uses criminal law to regulate unwanted business practices that other states manage through non-criminal regulatory enforcement.In most other coastal states, civil regulators enforce rules about oyster harvesting. [read post]
10 May 2019, 6:00 am
As of this writing, there have been privacy impacting bills introduced in 31 state legislatures and this doesn’t include attention at the federal level. [read post]
30 May 2024, 4:05 am
The bill specifies the Ten Commandments text which must be used-- choosing the text that appeared on the Ten Commandments marker at the Texas State Capitol that was the subject of the U.S. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 8:02 am
For example, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press issued a press release stating its concern that “HB 2730 and SB 2162 would, if enacted, significantly undermine key parts of TCPA and, therefore, speech protections in Texas. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 11:29 am
If, for instance, a state legislature had made footage available on its site but required users to sign a contract promising not to use it in political ads, that might be permissible (see the debate in L.A. [read post]
19 Aug 2021, 1:51 pm
Abbott announced a special election on November 2 for eight proposed constitutional amendments approved by the Texas Legislature during the 87th session. [read post]
