Saturday, May 7, 2011

Grits for Breakfast: Senate pushing biggest cuts to TDCJ vocational ed

Grits for Breakfast: Senate pushing biggest cuts to TDCJ vocational ed: "A recurring theme in the budget battle at the 82nd Texas Legislature is that the proposed Senate budget - which includes tapping the state's..."

Grits for Breakfast: Proposed TDCJ property sales

Grits for Breakfast: Proposed TDCJ property sales: "The Texas House voted yesterday for HB 2969 to sell property around the Central Unit in Sugar Land and 896 acres attached to the Estelle Un..."

Grits for Breakfast: Court: Parole board can't impose sex-offender cond...

Grits for Breakfast: Court: Parole board can't impose sex-offender cond...: "Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may no longer impose 'Special Condition X' - i.e., labeling someone a sex offender and requiring sex-off..."

Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...

Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...: "On Monday, the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard CSHB 2641 by Rep. Lon Burnam which would establish liability f..."

Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice merger leaves open questions

Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice merger leaves open questions: "House amendments to legislation merging the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission into a new Juvenile Justice Departm..."

Grits for Breakfast: Time to pass eyewitness ID reforms

Grits for Breakfast: Time to pass eyewitness ID reforms: "KCEN-TV had a feature this week about the eyewitness ID legislation pending in the Texas Legislature, focusing on the story of Tyler-native..."

Grits for Breakfast: AG says government needn't tell public when it wil...

Grits for Breakfast: AG says government needn't tell public when it wil...: "Texas Appleseed is suing to force school districts to make their use of force policies public, according to an op-ed by boardmember Scott Fl..."