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7 Jun 2021, 9:05 pm by News Desk
When the agency refused, it took the issue to the Texas Legislature and got a bill introduced during five sessions. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 7:52 am
The Legislature created the commission in 2005 to investigate complaints that state agencies were negligent or committed misconduct in handling forensic evidence, such as DNA analysis or toxicology, in criminal cases. [read post]
20 May 2021, 2:46 pm by Adam Faderewski
The State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee announced Claire Buetow as the winner of the Michael K. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:05 am by Bob Kraft
Here are a few excerpts about Dallas traffic from the article: The report, ordered by the Legislature last year, went live Wednesday and shows, as expected, that roads with the biggest traffic messes are clustered in the state’s biggest cities. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 10:49 am by Rachel E. Ehlers
They will present their findings on or before September 1, 2020, and these recommendations will likely form the basis for consumer privacy legislation when the Texas Legislature reconvenes in January 2021. [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 2:04 am
So with the November elections looming, lets take a look at new jails and prisons proposed this year by Texas pols - more than $600 million total, plus other sundry criminal justice expenses.Statewide, the Legislature wrapped debt to pay for new prisons into a larger, more innocuous set of bond proposals that goes before voters Nov. 6. [read post]
21 Aug 2024, 5:19 am by Mary Anne Peck
In fact, the only three bills introduced in the Arizona State Legislature this year dealing with workplace heat protections failed, according to LexisNexis® State Net® data. [read post]
3 Jul 2008, 12:29 am
Texas prosecutors could have lobbied the legislature to pass a law and amend the Texas Constitution to allow these blood draws. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 7:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Go here to tell your state legislators to sign onto these bills as supporters and help pass them during the 85th Texas Legislature. [read post]
30 May 2010, 11:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" The article opens:During an initial round of budget cuts for many state agencies this month, the Texas prison system took a lesser hit.On Friday, though, state leaders directed agencies — including the prison system — to propose an additional 10 percent in cuts that may be necessary to balance the budget when the Legislature reconvenes next year.How to do that without cutting programs? [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 11:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So everybody gets to pass blame to the next guy until we get to the Texas Legislature, which both created the problem and is the branch of government most readily in a position to fix it. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 2:58 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
HB 882 creates a "Four Loco" crime.It's always something.See prior, related Grits posts:2,383 and counting: How many felonies from the 82nd Texas Legislature? [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 11:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Dallas News reports ("Fewer seriously ill Texas inmates being released on medical paroles," Feb. 20) that medical parole rates are at their lowest in years and that Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may approve fewer medical paroles in FY 2012 (they'll hit 33, at the current rate) than at any time in recent memory, despite TDCJ facing prison healthcare costs more than nine figures greater than the Legislature budgeted. [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 10:52 am by Lisa Genecov (US) and Elise LeGros (US)
The Texas Legislature is currently in its 85th legislative session and numerous telemedicine bills have been filed that could affect the outcome of Teladoc’s lawsuit. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 2:33 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(Many of the reasons for that are specific to Houston; your mileage may vary in other jurisdictions.)Another notable point: At the commissioners court, as at the Texas Legislature, bail bondsmen found champions but could not sustain a majority after an informed debate. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 12:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
 The Bartlett State Jail, a men's prison, is located in Williamson County and has 140 security employees and a capacity of 1,049 inmates, according to the TCDJ.The Texas Civil Rights Project is handling the case. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 12:30 pm
., state legislatures are quietly moving forward with their anti-LGBT agenda, disguised as a more palatable “protection of religious freedom. [read post]