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25 Apr 2023, 12:16 pm by Joe Mullin
But HB 2781, a bill making its way through the state's legislature right now, would needlessly undercut the protections Texans have enjoyed for more than a decade. [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 6:53 am by Robert Liles
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of the Inspector General (HHSC-OIG): The HHSC-OIG was first created in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature.[5] It is responsible for detecting and preventing fraud in Medicaid and other State healthcare programs. [read post]
14 Jan 2018, 9:00 pm by Dan Flynn
At least 30 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, are already open for new legislative business. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 8:16 am
BACKGROUND INFORMATIONNearly five years on, the Texas legislature has not enacteda law to comply with the Atkins ruling. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
  By adding the name of a candidate to the ballot, and by designating this person as the “State Legislature Candidate,” the state legislature is clearly endorsing one person on the ballot. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 7:49 am by William K. Berenson
The governor’s final day to sign or veto bills passed by the state legislature was Sunday. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 12:11 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Unless the Legislature significantly reduces incarceration levels, you can bet prison healthcare will cost more than that.The Texas Juvenile Justice Department would receive $15.7 million less under the House budget than the Senate budget.The differences must be ironed out in conference committee. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 2:56 am by Michael Lowe
Texas House Over in the Texas House, an identical reform bill is working its way through the Texas legislature. [read post]
8 May 2007, 11:02 am
Paul Moreno (D-El Paso), the Dean of the Texas House and the longest serving Latino elected official in the United States of America (I didn't know that until he said it), lamented that "things have changed" at the Texas Legislature.Today Moreno announced his retirement after this session. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 4:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Immigration should be something that rarely comes up on a blog devoted to state-level criminal justice issues, and Grits would be thrilled for Congress to take the issue off my plate, and even better, the Texas Legislature's. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 1:22 am by Bob Kraft
Here are the opening paragraphs: There is no doubt that texting while driving is dangerous, but Texas remains one of only four states without a law banning the practice — and changing that scenario will be an uphill battle when the Legislature returns in January. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 2:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Nathan Deal, who said it is time for Georgia to follow the lead of Texas, South Carolina and other Southern states and take a more effective approach to punishment. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 11:54 am by Christine Hurt
  So, the Illinois legislature decided to raise taxes. [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 5:00 am by Keith E. Whittington
The Texas legislature is also set to pump additional funds into the state universities, but these structural reform bills work at cross-purposes with the governor's goal of creating more premier public universities in the state. [read post]
28 May 2024, 5:59 am by Nikhel Sus
As that litigation plays out, Republican-controlled legislatures across the country are pursuing bills modeled after S.B. 4. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 9:11 am
Over the past decade the Texas legislature has passed numerous laws that affect the rights of Texans to recover damages when they have been injured by the negligent acts of other individuals or business entities. [read post]