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15 Jun 2007, 2:02 pm
I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the recently-departed entity that was the 80th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 10:01 pm
Well, yes, except that it appears that most counties in the state are ignoring the new law. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 7:21 am
State Representative Bill Zedler (R-Arlington) sits on the Texas Legislature’s Public Health Committee, and told News 8 that he wants a more-thorough FBI background check done on all nurse’s aides before they’re certified. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am
Notable recommendations on the adult side (just a few excerpts, there were quite a few more) included:The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should look for more ways to focus a larger component of our correctional budget on rehabilitative investments, as opposed to simply inmate confinement.The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should consider ways to expand inmate educational and vocational training programs within… [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 1:57 pm
Republicans currently control 30 of the 34 state legislatures needed to call a convention. [read post]
4 May 2014, 4:45 pm
His Democratic rival, Fort Worth state Sen. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 7:03 am
It's always good to recognize when it's time to leave, and given the economic headaches facing the state, I think I understand why Texas Senate Finance Chairman Steve Ogden decided this was a good time to call it quits and let somebody else drive the car over the cliff in the 82nd Legislature. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 12:00 pm
And that means showing up at the legislature, in the courts, and in the streets. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 10:52 am
For the past 30 years, the Florida Legislature has enacted various laws regarding sentencing which are among the toughest in the United States. [read post]
4 May 2011, 11:45 am
On to the Lone Star State, where the state legislature appears poised to pass legislation requiring a woman to receive a sonogram and listen to a description of a fetus before she could go through with an abortion. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 6:08 pm
And Carson McCullough of Courthouse News Service reports that “Planned Parenthood takes Idaho to court over Texas-styled abortion law; The nonprofit reproductive health care provider called the law an ‘unprecedented power grab’ by the Idaho Legislature and said it bans abortions in the state before most patients even know they are pregnant. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 3:49 am
Consumer groups and other critics are calling on the Legislature to ramp up regulation of the insurance industry next year. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm
And evidencing an awareness of this financial reality, the Texas legislature specifically prohibited insurance providers from extending a discount on their regular policies to people who purchase abortion insurance, even if the latter saves the company money.The law therefore mandates that insurance companies do something that is against their financial best interests in order for the state to pursue some agenda. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 12:24 pm
According to MADD Texas, interlocks prevented more than 244,000 attempts to drive drunk in our state over the past 10 years. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 8:45 am
In the case, Texas West Oaks Hospital, LP v. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 12:42 pm
In Texas, it is now a state jail felony to boat while intoxicated with a passenger under the age of 15. [read post]
4 May 2016, 7:31 am
About 130 state agencies are subject to review under the Texas Sunset Act. [read post]
4 Jul 2008, 8:10 am
The Texas Youth Commission sex abuse debacle last year left the battered agency languishing in conservatorship after the press revealed that the local DA failed to prosecute allegations that a West Texas State School supervisor sexually assaulted male prisoners under his charge. [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 5:47 am
The Texas Legislature should put an end to it. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 5:18 am
The Texas Legislature last year passed a statute requiring TDCJ to stop sending all prisoners back to Huntsville for release, but instead to release them either from the unit where they're housed or "regional release facilities. [read post]
