Bipartisan push to study wrongful convictions in Texas
The Dallas Morning News notes rising bipartisan support for a Texas commission to examine prosecutorial error and defense misconduct. Senators Ellis and McClendon lead bills to create the panel, with Republican coauthors Crownover and Leach. Justice advocates cite DNA exonerations and Gideon v. Wainwright’s anniversary, urging reform and equal access to counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
Rodney Ellis
San Antonio
Ruth Jones McClendon
McClendon
Ellis
Myra Crownover
Denton County
Jeff Leach
Collin County
Leach
Wallace Jefferson
Rick Perry
Texas Supreme Court
Jefferson
U.S. Supreme Court
Gideon
Dallas
THE
Dallas Morning News
Contact details for Texas lawmakers and officials
A listing of U S Representatives and Senators with offices in Midland Odessa Lubbock and Washington including Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Pete Gallego John Cornyn Ted Cruz Tryon Lewis addresses phone numbers fax emails and office locations for federal and state officials. Readers can reach them via the provided channels for constituent inquiries and official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Odessa
Eighth St
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Longworth House
Randy
Pete Gallego
Cannon House
Gallego
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th St
Austin
Capitol Extension
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Let Peace Begin With Me Winner Quote Statement
A published item notes Patrick Canty as winner and Laura Nennis as publisher and editor. The piece asserts a newspaper mission to inform readers to promote and preserve freedom, urging self-control as the path to human development and citing the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence as guiding truths.
Honoring Marine Calvin Curtis of Montford Point
San Antonio resident and World War II Montford Point Marine Calvin Curtis died February 27 2013 at age 87. He received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2013 for his service, and his family helped add his name to the Montford Point Marine Association registry. Curtis served in an all black unit in Hawaii, later returning to Texas and working 35 years as a postal carrier. The piece notes Senator Cornyn and the Marines’ legacy of fighting two wars, at home and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Calvin Curtis
Curtis
Congressional
U.S. Congress
Montford Point Marines
U.S. Marines Corps
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Clarence
Charlotte
Montford Point
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Hawaii
Patricia Lucia Tennyson Green Curtis
Congress
Montford Point Marine Association
Bruce Satire
4Th Reconnaissance Battalion
Fort Sam Houston
James Averhart Jr
San Antonio Express-News
Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Education boosts safer workplaces in Texas column
Steve Bills of Texas Mutual argues early and ongoing employee safety training cuts injuries and costs. OSHA notes a 67 percent drop in workplace injuries since 1970 due to better awareness and education. The piece highlights free state and company resources from OSHA, the Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Mutual, and local colleges, plus a $300,000 grant to Kilgore College, Midland College, and College of the Mainland to fund courses in ergonomics CPR and OSHA standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Texas Department of Insurance
Division of
Workers’ Compensation
Texas Mutual
Safehandtexas.org
Safety Resource Center
Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Kilgore College
Midland College
College of
Mainland
Steve Bills
Texas
Kidney Exchange Program praised by Odessa American
Odessa American voices support for the Kidney Exchange Program and invites reader opinions on current topics via onletters at the newspaper inviting thumbs nominations and ideas both positive and negative.
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GOP
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Cruz.senate.gov
Patrick Canty
Laura Nennis
Aim
Eyest
Colum
Marine Calvin Curtis
Glen Foden
MAC. Org
Democrat Denate
TOA Budget
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