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Texas adds 41,700 jobs in October

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Interesting report on US Sentencing Commission regional hearing in Texas

Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday

As noted in this prior post, the US Sentencing Commission today started another of its regional public hearing, this one at the University of Texas School of Law. As detailed in this official agenda (where some of the written testimony...

Texas panel approves $1.85 billion highway plan that largely ignores Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

AUSTIN – Texas transportation officials approved a $1.85 billion plan Thursday to build or improve highways throughout the state, rejecting protests from Dallas and Fort Worth that nearly all of the money will be spent in Houston and along Interstate 35 near Waco.All Dallas and Fort Worth districts will get is about $126 million in maintenance work. Easily brushing aside complaints from Dallas...

Houston businessman Farouk Shami joins Democratic race for Texas governor

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Texans are "ready and open-minded" enough to vote for someone who's serious about fixing the economy, he said, even a political long shot who has never held public office. "The people want me to run because I know how to create jobs," said Shami, 66, who came to the U.S. in 1965 and struck it rich in the hair-product business, creating successful brands such as BioSilk and CHI hair...

Hutchison, Perry fire up TV ads in heated Texas governor's race

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

LOST PINES, Texas – Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison launched the first television commercials of their fractious primary fight today, each side claiming the conservative high ground aimed at winning Republican voters.The head-to-head TV war, which some observers hadn't expected until next year, marks a significant escalation in what already has been a bloody, expensive campaign.In her spot,...

Report: Nearly 10% of Texas home loans in arrears

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

“I do not expect to see higher delinquency numbers later this year,” said Texas Mortgage Bankers Association Vice President Scott Norman. “ While employment will continue to be a leading indicator for delinquent loans, the fact is, these numbers continue to show how much better the Texas market is faring vs. the rest of the country.”

Texas kid beaten with metal pole, entirely preventable

Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | yesterday

Few hate crimes are specifically preventable. It is not often that the intended violence is known in advance and reported to authorities. Which makes the case of Jayron Martin so frustrating and infuriating. A fellow student warned Jayron that a group of students planned on beating him because he’s gay. So Jayron reported [...]

OMG, Oopsy! Texas Accidentally Bans All Marriage!

!! omg blog !! (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ooops! Sometimes you have to break some Traditional-marriage eggs to make a homophobia omelette! Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a lawyer and candidate for Texas attorney general, claims that the legislators of the Lone Star State, in their zeal to eliminate Opposite Marriage, have accidentally banned un-opposite marriage as well. This means everyone in Texas is divorced now. The amendment, approved by the...

Texas Gov Perry considering rare capital clemency recommendation

Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday

This new AP article, which is headlined "Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate," reports on a notable new death penalty development in Texas: The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery...

Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery is in the hands of Gov. Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended that the death sentence be commuted to life in prison.

Texas: Recommendation for Clemency!

Pardon Power (Free subscription) | yesterday

In what is reported as a "highly unusual vote," the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended (in a 5-2 vote) that the death sentence of Robert Lee Thompson be commuted to life in prison. The final decision on the matter now sits with Gov. Rick Perry. Thompson was accomplice to the murder of a convenience store clerk 13 years ago. He was 21 years old at the time. His co-defendant...

Specialty license plates on sale Thursday in Texas

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The 20 latest versions, at myplates.com, will let the purchaser go online to pick a design, spell a message and place an order. The plates can be picked up about three weeks later at the buyer's local county tax office.

Here's a headline I never expected to see in Texas

South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | yesterday

' Parole board urges Perry to spare Houston killer ' Was this a Texas parole board? Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday recommended that Gov. Rick Perry spare the life of Houston killer Robert Lee Thompson, who is scheduled to be executed tonight in Huntsville. A Perry spokeswoman did not indicate when the governor, who has voluntarily commuted only one death sentence in his tenure as...

Gov. Perry to decide fate of Texas inmate set to die; parole board says he deserves clemency

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday

Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery is in the hands of Gov. Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended that the death sentence be commuted to life in prison.

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