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Week in review

Jan 6

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In this weekly post, we will feature online articles and policy reports published recently, and other helpful research tools.

  • Discover how prepared public health departments are in a report about emergency health preparedness. (Trust for America's Health, December 2010)
  • Map the economy based on foreclosure rates, unemployment rates, and median household income.  (NPR, 2010)
  • Explore how the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs might be improved with evidence-based practices. (Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, December 2010)
  • Get recent data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on school crime and safety. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2010)
  • Note that Texas leads the nation in executions (Stateline, December 2010 )

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More Interim Reports Arriving

Jan 6

posted by TexasLRL in Interim reports

House, Senate, and Joint committee reports continue to arrive.

In the past week, we have received reports from the following committees:

House Committee on Business & Industry
House Committee on Corrections
Joint Interim Select Committee on Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation
House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
House Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness
House Committee on Environmental Regulation
House Select Committee on Fiscal Stability
House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics
House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
House Committee on Natural Resources
House Committee on Public Education
House Committee on Public Health
House Committee on State Affairs

 Looking for another report?  The LRL's Legislative Reports database contains interim committee charges, reports, and other substantive legislative studies published in the House and Senate Journals back to 1846. You may search by committee list, committee name, charge text, or subject.

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