Archive for December 2012
State bill to increase prizes for slot machines businesses will be presented
A state bill will allow slot machines of business owners to give higher cash prizes. Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By: Francisco Diaz, The Laredo Sun LAREDO, TX. – For the third consecutive legislative session, state Rep. Richard P. Raymond will propose a law to regularize the activity of slot machines and will raise the amount…
Read MoreBill Renews Debate on Merging Highest Two Courts
by Maurice Chammah Texas Tribune December 13, 2012 A proposal for the upcoming legislative session is resuscitating a debate that goes back to the writing of the Texas Constitution in 1876. The bill, authored by state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond, D-Laredo, would abolish the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for all criminal matters, and bring…
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