Posted on · Lawyers returned to court to force Texas officials to live up to an order by a federal judge, which would make it easier for people without a formal ID to vote in the November presidential election.
Posted on · Officials in some of the counties where they are located anticipate it can have repercussions in their economies.
Posted on · The U.S. Justice Department announced it will end the practice of housing federal inmates in privately-operated prisons. There are 13 private federal prisons, and six of them are in Texas. More than twenty-two thousand federal inmates – about twelve percent of the total – are housed in the private facilities. A recent audit found that […]
Posted on · An analysis by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General focuses on several facilities, two of them in Texas.
Posted on · The Federal government claims Harris County is discriminating against voters with disabilities. The Justice Department surveyed voting locations during two special elections.
Posted on · Democratic U.S. Reps. Gene Green and Al Green say their districts suffered from a shortage of voting machines and last minute poll station changes that discouraged participation by Hispanic and African-American voters.
Posted on · A key point will be whether the President exceeded his executive power and the justices will also evaluate if the deferred action programs violate a clause of the Constitution.