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15 Jul 2020, 2:55 am
Increasingly, however, the state is struggling. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 8:43 am
The 1777 New York state constitution, for example, allowed the governor only to suspend the execution of a sentence and left it up to the legislature to make a final determination of whether to issue a pardon. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 1:30 pm
As the state GOP convention meets this week electronically (somehow), several Senate District conventions recommended making the Bland legislation a state GOP legislative priority.One final coda to this reminiscence: Twenty years ago, it was a white lady's story driving the narrative - a mom from Lago Vista, Texas named Gail Atwater. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 2:55 am
Nineteen states had notable tax changes take effect on July 1, 2020, which is the first day of fiscal year (FY) 2021 for every state except Alabama, Michigan, New York, and Texas.[1] Pandemic-shortened sessions contributed to less—and different—activity on the tax front than is seen in most years, and will likely yield an unusually active summer and autumn, with many legislatures considering new measures during special sessions. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 9:33 am
A task force designed to help the Texas courts system resume criminal proceedings in light of the COVID-19 pandemic won approval June 24 from the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 11:20 am
Texas state political leaders were serious about fighting communism, conflating that with desegregation to a degree that seems nonsensical with the clarity of 20/20 hindsight. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 5:30 am
Only legislatures can invalidate a statute. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 10:45 am
”Expanded decertification powers are something the 87th Texas Legislature could do something about. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
But as infections spike in red states, support for masks has grown. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 9:34 am
Many kudos to the Houston Chronicle's Eric Dexheimer for identifying a big screw up by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement regarding racial-profiling data collection by Texas law enforcement agencies.In 2017, the Texas Legislature expanded the data collected to include after-stop data involving arrests, searches, contraband discovered, and use of force. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 8:12 am
The Texas Tribune noted Paxton represented Collin County during his time in the state legislature. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 8:12 am
The Texas Tribune noted Paxton represented Collin County during his time in the state legislature. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 6:00 am
Granville.[3] In Troxel, the Court’s majority had ruled that it was a fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding care, custody, and control of their children, protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[4] The Texas Supreme Court also stated that the Texas Legislature had affirmed this parental presumption even years before the Troxel decision. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
University of Texas at Austin (echoing the blockbuster Grutter v. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 2:31 pm
Many of these states (though not all) are former slave states, such as Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:29 am
(For analysis of these datasets, visit the Texas Justice Initiative.) [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 1:02 pm
The state of Texas allows gun ownership with the proper training and permits. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 12:59 pm
Just this past week, for example, the Mississippi legislature at long last agreed to remove the Confederate Stars and Bars from its state flag, even as now appears quite likely that Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia, will drop Robert E. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm
In 2014, after Texas’s admitting-privileges law had taken effect and forced half of the state’s clinics to shut down, the Louisiana legislature held hearings on a similar bill. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 6:30 am
Timothy JostAs Texas v. [read post]
