Politicians and legislators of all levels who need to work with and understand law enforcement in order to improve our communities Upper level management who need to understand what’s going on in their departments from the bottom up as well as the top down Here are just some of the organiza...
Before he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Lieutenant Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of the bus in Colleen, Texas. He faced a courts martial and was found not guilty. (New York Times News Service) Most who have served in the armed forces have at least ...
Californians managed to form a cohesive identity, resisting numerous efforts to divide the state. They overcame the "curse of natural resources" that so long afflicted other commodity-rich states (and still afflicts some, like Alaska), laying the groundwork for a thriving and diverse economy ...
Both McKinney and Henderson were convicted of the murder, and each received two consecutive life sentences. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels. In October 2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard ...
Supreme Court convenes for new term. Here's a look at some of the cases.Washington —The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a lower court decision that shielded from liability Texas law enforcement officers who arrested a local citizen journalist after she sought information from a police sourc...
Interview: Jay Root on allegations Texas State Police used homeland security funds to search for Democratic legislators who fled from Austin last weekBOB EDWARDS
Who we are In the 1960s, concerned citizens around Texas joined their local doctors, lawyers, ministers, and social workers as they testified in Austin in a grassroots effort to protect the long-standing laws of our state that safeguarded the yet-to-be-born child. Because of the common ...
“It’s impossible to do all things.” Bill Ferguson, president of the Maryland Senate. The state is facing a $3 billion budget shortfall, meaning advocates for programs such as education and transportation will struggle this session to keep spending levels intact. Business groups are warning the...
Ho, in dissent, wrote the majority's reasoning was "a recipe for public officials to combine forces with state or local legislators to do — whatever they want to do. It's a level of blind deference and trust in government power our Founders would not recognize." ...
That public fight was only the prologue to a messier struggle playing out in Delaware that many fear could undermine its position as the preferred state of incorporation for US companies and damage an economy that is in part reliant on that business. Other states, notably Texas, are already st...