A bill that would give brewpubs more flexibility to sell their ales has been given a boost by a compromise with an influential beer lobby.
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Texplainer: Who Would Be Allowed to Carry on Campus?
Those with a concealed handgun license, which currently means they must be 21 years old. Though it won’t necessarily be that way forever, which raises another question: When it comes to gun safety, does age matter?
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Criminal Justice
The Week in Texas Politics Recap: March 14 to March 18
No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We’ve made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.
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Criminal Justice
Plan to Merge Agencies Worries Safety Officials
A money-saving proposal to combine state agencies that oversee police and firefighter training and local jail operations has public safety officials statewide worried about their future.
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Criminal Justice
Lawmakers Get an Earful About Campus Carry
Supporters and opponents of allowing concealed handguns on college campuses packed a House committee room today where a number of bills that would allow it were being discussed.
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Criminal Justice
Senate Approves Eyewitness ID Reform
The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill today that would revamp eyewitness identification policies used by law enforcement agencies.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Decides on Substitute Execution Drug
Cleve Foster will be the first Texas inmate to receive the anesthetic drug pentobarbital — instead of sodium thiopental — in the three-drug cocktail that will be used in his execution on April 5.
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TribLive: Joe Straus on Campus Carry
At our TribLive conversation last Thursday, Speaker Joe Straus talked about proposed legislation that would legalize concealed carry on college campuses in Texas.
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Criminal Justice
“Loser Pays” Bills Filed in the House and Senate
In advance of today’s bill filing deadline, lawmakers have introduced two bills that would require losing parties to pay attorneys’ fees in a variety of civil lawsuits.
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Texas’ Next Tort Reform Battle: “Loser Pays”
Advocates say requiring the losing parties in litigation to pay their opponents’ legal fees is the cure for courts choked with the costs of “junk” lawsuits.