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Group: Board of Regents still not representative of state population
A lawsuit was filed against Jindal and the Board on Feb. 14 by former Congressman Cleo Fields on behalf of seven Southern University students stating the Board's membership was unconstitutional. The students said the formerly all-white Board was not
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:16A
State briefs: March 15
Attorneys for former student Tom Defoe asked the 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals to give him a second shot at convincing the court that US District Judge Tom Varlan was wrong when he tossed out Defoe's lawsuit against the school system.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:16A
Domestic violence bill faces opposition
allow courts to require electronic monitoring of people charged with or convicted of violating a protection from abuse order ran into opposition Monday during a public hearing before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:15A
Moving TDCJ headquarters off the table
Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, sat down Monday with Jerry Madden, a Republican state representative from Richardson, to talk about Madden's House bill that proposes the headquarters of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice be moved out of Huntsville.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:15A
'Hot courtroom' prevents judge from ruling on Uduaghan's tenure
By Jethro Ibileke Judgment on the tenure of the governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, was not delivered yesterday, as the presiding judge of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Justice Ibrahim Buba said he was not comfortable in the courtroom.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:14A
Sanctuary City Bill Headed To House Floor
The bill by Carrollton Republican Burt Solomons would allow cities, counties and school districts to ask the immigration status of anyone detained or arrested, and take action. They could lose state funding if they refused to enforce immigration laws.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:12A
President Obama should seek Claudia Hoerig's extradition
And yet, Ed and Fran, Karl Hoerig's father and mother, brother, Paul, and daughter, Eva, continue to wait for justice to be served — just as they have been doing when his body was discovered in his Newton Falls home. He had been shot.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:12A
Arms deal standstill 'reason for inquiry'
ARMS deal campaigner Terry Crawford-Browne has told the Constitutional Court that failure by the criminal justice administration to get to grips with serious corruption allegations aired in Parliament as long ago as September 1999, was reason enough to
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:11A
Parole fix: Pass HB 524
House Bill 524 would make a simple and needed change to state criminal law. It would remove violent and sexual offenders from the list of convicts eligible for automatic parole. Last session, legislators passed and Gov. John Lynch signed Senate Bill
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:11A
Edgewood Resident Leads Buhl Foundation
After taking seven months off after marrying his wife, Christine Thieman, he practiced law as a criminal defense attorney with a focus on white-collar crime for nine years. President Bill Clinton appointed Thieman as the US Attorney for Western
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:11A
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