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19 Jan 2020, 8:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Society in general, and Texas in particular, is in such a weird place right now when it comes to marijuana policy. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 8:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That episode spurred the Legislature to intervene in 2001 to create a vehicle for DNA exonerations. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 7:57 am by DONALD SCARINCI
In that case, the Court struck down a similar Texas law as unconstitutional because it imposed an undue burden on women seeking abortions. [read post]
11 Jan 2020, 2:06 pm by John Floyd
”   Prosecutor Oppose Reforms to Eliminate Law of Parties   As unfortunate as it may be, this issue may not gain any meaningful traction in the Texas Legislature until the last two of the Texas Seven, Murphy and Halprin, are put to death. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 2:41 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Judicial Selection Commission, created by the Legislature last year, says Lone-Star-State judges should be selected in non-partisan elections. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Tennessee state representative sexually harasses at least 22 women, is expelled from the legislature. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 8:07 am
With the start of the new year, it is worthwhile to consider the latest changes to criminal laws in the state of Texas. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Million Democratic Donors Gave $1 Billion in 2019 Through ActBlue, Officials Say Washington Post – Michelle Ye Hee Lee | Published: 1/9/2020 Democratic small-dollar donors gave $1 billion through the online fundraising platform ActBlue in 2019, highlighting the explosion of online giving on the left heading into the presidential election year. [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 5:45 am by Kevin Kaufman
By the end of 2019, all but four states with individual or corporate income taxes (or, in the case of Texas, a gross receipts tax that relies on federal definitions) updated their conformity date to reflect a post-TCJA version of the Internal Revenue Code. [read post]
1 Jan 2020, 10:35 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  For instance, on January 1, 2020 Texas providers like other Texas businesses will become subject to a shortened deadline for providing notice of data breaches under a new law enacted by the Texas Legislature in its last session. [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 11:03 am by John Floyd
”   Hate and Bigotry Trickle Down   The anti-LBGTQ attitude of the “Discrimination Administration” has filtered down to mostly Republican-controlled state legislatures resulting in at least 129 anti-LBGTQ bills being introduced across the country in 2017 alone. [read post]
28 Dec 2019, 10:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits took time this morning to read through the Texas Commission on Jail Standards' self evaluation created as part of the "Sunset" process, through which the Texas Legislature evaluates agencies' functions every few years. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 1:09 pm by Jesse M. Coleman and Kevin Green
Effective on September 1, 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature’s amendments to the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act, Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code Chapter 27 (“TCPA”) essentially removed the vast majority trade secret claims from the TCPA’s grasp.[1] These amendments intentionally sought to eliminate the application of the TCPA, an anti-SLAPP statute[2] to certain run-of-the-mill trade secret cases with fact patters… [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 2:31 pm by Odia Kagan
A report from the council regarding its findings and evaluations will be submitted to the Texas Legislature by Sept. 1, 2020, at which point state lawmakers will use the information toward potential privacy bills for January 2021. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 8:00 am by Amy Fettig
This year was record-setting in terms of reforms we saw introduced in state legislatures. [read post]