Graffiti Sentencing Reform Faces Uphill Fight

Published April 8, 2013

Graffiti Sentencing Reform Faces Uphill Fight

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… by: Tamir Kalifa. Low-budget movies about narcos, or Mexican drug dealers, are displayed on a shelf in Video Mexico, a video rental store in Austin. … Joe Moody, D-El Paso, would reduce criminal penalties for small graffiti charges and create a …
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Picking Up the Tab 2013

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Every dollar in taxes they avoid by using tax havens must be balanced by other Americans paying higher taxes, coping with cuts to government programs, or increasing the federal debt. Academic studies conclude tax haven abuse costs the United States …
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County looks at non-punitive options for mentally ill defendants

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Although Texas lawmakers began requiring counties in 2003 to implement jail diversion programs designed to reduce incarceration of the mentally ill, the program was an unfunded mandate for counties. Tropical Texas, the only publicly-funded treatment …
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Barnes: Longhorn legends saluted in recovery, death

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Shane Pavonetti and Joyce Chen prepare to enter the Nature Conservancy Texas Luncheon at Hilton Austin. View Larger · Barnes: Longhorn legends saluted in recovery, death photo … I got with the program.” His sons told him: “You think you can help …
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