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'Campus carry' gun legislation moves closer to a Senate vote
Fort Worth Star-TelegramLegislation allowing guns on college campuses bounced back to life in the Senate on Tuesday as a House-passed bill moved closer to a vote on the Senate floor with less than two weeks left in the session. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 4-2...Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Rick Perry, Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Texas senator says 0.05 blood alcohol limit 'not realistic'
Austin American-StatesmanDon't expect Texas' legal blood alcohol limit for drunken driving to fall to 0.05, at least not while state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, is still running the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. "It's just not realistic, if you're going to drink at all,...Tags: Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving
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City leaders visit Austin to support CCA
Mineral Wells Index, TexasLocal government and business leaders recently completed a daylong sweep of the State Capitol in an effort to save the Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America. With help from local representatives in the...Tags: Executive Branch, Jim Keffer, Sylvester Turner, Phil King, Corrections Corporation of America
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EDITORIAL: Ugly babies need love, too
Austin American-StatesmanSen. John Carona's bill aimed at restricting high-interest lending practices had so many poison pills stuffed into it that it will stagger weakly into the House chamber, where it is expected to die shortly after arrival, if not before. Preceded in...Tags: Rodney Ellis, John Carona, Money and Monetary Policy, Lobbying, Finance
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College handgun bill likely dead this legislative session
Fort Worth Star-TelegramWith just over a month left in the 2013 legislative session, the chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee said he does not intend to have a hearing on legislation to let Texans with concealed-handgun permits carry firearms inside college and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Firearms
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Time for last-minute push to save CCA
Mineral Wells Index, TexasWith time running out before state legislators make a decision on its future, local leaders say now is the time to make the case for Corrections Corporation of America's Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility. Mayor Mike Allen said there are still...Tags: Judges, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System, Jim Keffer, Phil King
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Texas prisons end special last meals in executions
Associated PressTexas inmates who are set to be executed will no longer get their choice of last meals, a change prison officials made Thursday after a prominent state senator became miffed over an expansive request from a man condemned for a notorious dragging death....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Bacon, Death Penalty, Punishment, The Associated Press
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Another victim
a sign of compassion it has been customary for those set to be executed by the government to have their last meal include whatever they desire. In Texas that is no longer an option as those sentenced to die wanted to create one more victim - the...Tags: Punishment, Crime Victims
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OTHER EDITORS: Power lines have to go somewhere
When we flip a switch, we expect lights to come on. When it's hot outside, we count on our air conditioning systems to keep us cool inside. We want to be able to drink tap water without boiling it first. When we flush a toilet - well, out of sight, out of...Tags: Parenting, Water Supply, World War II (1939-1945)
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Why Do We Really Give Death-Row Inmates a Special Last Meal?
In Texas, death by lethal injection is no longer the picnic it once was. Incensed over the lengthy bill of fare a convicted killer requested for his last meal two weeks ago, State Senator John Whitmire demanded that the Texas Department of Criminal...Tags: Criminals, Breads, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bacon, Death Penalty
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Senate Passes Ban on Puppy Mills
Texas Tribune
The so-called puppy mill bill is one step closer to becoming law after the Senate tonight approved a less stringent version of the measure that would regulate cat and dog breeders.
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Mother Upset Over Shock Probation Sentence
KIAHA Channelview mother says DWI laws need to be tougher. Just this week, she learned the woman who was charged with killing her son will not spend 6 years in prison instead she was given "shock probation". Shock probation is sort of like a scare tactic....Tags: Murder, Punishment, Justice System, Christmas, Judges
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