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House passes bill to raise age of criminal responsibility from 17 to 18
The “Raise the Age” bill, would move 17-year-old offenders from the adult criminal justice system to its juvenile justice counterpart beginning 2021.
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FDA officially bans Texas’ attempted import of execution drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final ruling Thursday evening banning Texas’ attempted import of an execution drug from overseas.
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Texas man convicted in double slaying to get Supreme Court hearing
The U.S. Supreme Court, including its newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, will decide on a legal technicality in the case of a Fort Worth man who killed a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother.
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Texas on the hook for $600,000 after conceding same-sex marriage case
A federal appeals court this week ordered the state to pay more than $600,000 in legal fees to two same-sex marriage couples who sued Texas over its now-defunct same-sex marriage ban.
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Texas House panel approves bill to pay for bulletproof vests for police
Senate Bill 12 would create a grant program that would pay for bulletproof vests for all patrol officers in Texas.
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Criminal Justice
Five death penalty reform bills heard in Texas House committee
Five death penalty bills were heard in a seven-hour-long meeting at the Capitol Monday night.
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Despite Ken Paxton’s request, judge to stay on in his case
Judge George Gallagher will remain on the securities fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a spokeswoman for the judge.
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Outlook uncertain for bill to raise age of criminal responsibility
Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire of Houston says a bill that would raise the age of adult criminal responsibility in Texas from 17 to 18 years old fails to address his chief concerns: cost and safety.
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In Dallas and Houston, pension fights escalating, sparking unexpected debates
Houston and Dallas leaders were supposed to each be united on how they wanted state lawmakers to address their respective pension shortfalls before the legislative session even began. (Spoiler alert: They’re still not.)
