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8 Sep 2020, 3:44 pm by David Kopel
In 2016, the California legislature outlawed mere possession. [read post]
States including Illinois, Washington and Texas also have passed specific laws regulating the collection and use of biometric data. [read post]
8 Sep 2020, 5:18 am by James Romoser
In a blog post for the National Conference of State Legislatures, Lisa Soronen summarizes the court’s unofficial coronavirus docket — a series of emergency rulings involving challenges to stay-at-home orders or changes to election rules. [read post]
7 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services collects reports from providers on every abortion that occurs in the state. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 9:23 am by kwalters
As the Texas Tribune reported in 2017, “Once again, the Texas Legislature is mostly white, male, middle-aged. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 9:23 am
As the Texas Tribune reported in 2017, “Once again, the Texas Legislature is mostly white, male, middle-aged. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 6:48 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
  Earlier this week, the Office of Court Administration released its report on Jury Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic as required by the Supreme Court of Texas’s Twenty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster. [read post]
2 Sep 2020, 12:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A bit more on slave patrols, which county commissioners courts were authorized to enact in the 1st Texas Legislature in 1846, the year after Texas became a state. [read post]
1 Sep 2020, 2:31 pm by Eugene Volokh
"The Arizona Legislature is vested with the legislative power of the state, and has plenary power to deal with any subject within the scope of civil government unless it is restrained by the provisions of the Constitution. [read post]
29 Aug 2020, 12:40 pm by Michael Lowe
 The Texas Legislature has adopted its version of these discrimination protections in the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA). [read post]
29 Aug 2020, 11:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas Rangers weren't funded by the Legislature as a permanent force until 1874.Slave catching dominated early Texas security apparatus. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 8:44 pm by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
Some states are ensuring workers’ compensation coverage for first responders and health care workers impacted by COVID-19, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) says. [read post]
23 Aug 2020, 5:02 am by Eugene Volokh
[A Texas agency could concluded that it is not, says the Texas Court of Appeals.] [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Aides Headline DNC Fundraisers with Lobbyists Politico – Theodoric Meyer | Published: 8/13/2020 When Barack Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, he barred the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from accepting contributions from lobbyists in an attempt to purge their influence from his future administration. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" I don't expect either the Legislature or the baseball team in Arlington to change their names in the wake of these renewed complaints. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 11:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Finally, cities around the state face budget shortfalls because of COVID combined with revenue caps the Legislature already approved. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 8:36 am by Susan N. Herman
Other states, like Texas, have persuaded their state courts to allow them to enforce in-person voting with only limited exceptions. [read post]
17 Aug 2020, 12:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Last week, while your correspondent was focused on Austin's budget battles, in Houston the Texas Legislature's Black Caucus unveiled what's been dubbed the "George Floyd Act," which will be carried in the House by state Rep. [read post]
11 Aug 2020, 11:01 am by Evan Schwartz
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, for instance, was set up in 1971 by the Texas Legislature with the purpose of providing windstorm and hail insurance in counties along the Gulf Coast. [read post]