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20 Jul 2019, 4:14 am by SHG
In Texas, the state legislature meets every two years for 140 days. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Democrats investigating the issue believe the documents and testimony being shielded would confirm the administration’s long-stated rationale for collecting the data, to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, was merely a cover for a politically motivated attempt to eliminate noncitizens from population statistics used to allocate political representation, diminishing Democratic power. [read post]
18 Jul 2019, 3:52 am by Patricia Salkin
 The court found that through the RTFA, the legislature explicitly and unambiguously stated its intent to protect the rights of farmers by limiting the circumstances under which farmers were subject to nuisance actions. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 6:59 pm by Howard Friedman
  The First Amendment Encyclopedia summarizes Justice Stevens' church-state jurisprudence:Stevens was a consistent defender of church-state separation in freedom of religion cases. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 2:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her public policy and regulatory affairs experience encompasses advising and representing domestic and multinational private sector health, insurance, employee benefit, employer, staffing and other outsourced service providers, and other clients in dealings with Congress, state legislatures, and federal, state and local regulators and government entities, as well as providing advice and input to U.S. and foreign government leaders on these and other policy concerns. [read post]
15 Jul 2019, 7:44 am by John McFarland
The case is not an appeal of an administrative order but does shed light on how environmental laws are enforced (or not) by a Texas state agency. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia, who joined together to file the suit, lacked legal standing to object to his alleged violations of the Constitution’s clauses prohibiting receipt of so-called emoluments while in office. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 12:46 pm by Jennifer Long
“I think (the Texas Legislature was) trying to construct a law that didn’t legalize marijuana while allowing for hemp to be produced legally. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 8:50 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  In addition to states with existing biometric privacy laws (Illinois, Texas, and Washington), various state legislatures are considering similar (often-times identical) statutes. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 3:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her public policy and regulatory affairs experience encompasses advising and representing domestic and multinational private sector health, insurance, employee benefit, employer, staffing and other outsourced service providers, and other clients in dealings with Congress, state legislatures, and federal, state and local regulators and government entities, as well as providing advice and input to U.S. and foreign government leaders on these and other policy concerns. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 7:08 am by Marty Lederman
Burwell),  that "in every case [the court] must respect the role of the Legislature, and take care not to undo what it has done. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 1:24 pm by John Floyd
”   It would seem that the Texas Legislature has inadvertently, although effectively, put this state in a similar position, at least until testing equipment can be acquired and certified. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 7:40 am by Breakstone, White & Gluck
According to MassLive.com, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation has announced it will hold an oversight hearing later in July. [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 10:00 am by sydniemery
Beyer will work with other committee members to draft legislation for introduction into the 2021 Texas Legislature. 3. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
While the justices closed off filing legal challenges to gerrymandering in federal courts, they explicitly said those lawsuits are still fair game in state courts. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 9:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits has enjoyed the delicious irony of the Texas Legislature legalizing industrial hemp in such a way that criminal prosecutors now say they can't make their cases. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 8:27 am by Kevin Kaufman
Now that the Lone Star State has addressed citizen’s most vocal concerns, the legislature has an opportunity to shift its focus to the Margin Tax—one of the true problems lurking inside the state’s otherwise highly-competitive tax code. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 6:00 am by Beth Graham
Texas Reg’l Planning Comm’n, 516 S.W.3d 483 (Tex. 2016) by relieving SARA of the obligations it had under a cooperative agreement between five local governments when the cooperative agreement clearly states the project would be constructed by a third-party contractor and not SARA? [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 1:30 pm
The Border Rights Center (BRC), housed at the ACLU of Texas, advocates for the 15 million people from California to Texas who call our southwest border home. [read post]