State Awaits Guidance to Drug Test Jobless Texans

Published August 20, 2013

State Awaits Guidance to Drug Test Jobless Texans

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The Texas Workforce Commission presumes those two professions will be among the ones officials with the U.S. Department of Labor determine fit within the parameters of a new federal law that gives states the ability to drug test certain people applying …
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How Eric Holder Got His Chance to Overhaul Broken Sentencing System

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(Interestingly, red states like Texas and Kentucky have actually led the way with more liberal sentencing policies aimed at reducing prison overcrowding.) The centerpiece of the shift was a unilateral move to stop charging low-level drug offenders with …
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Florida should adopt its own sentencing reforms

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States such as Texas, hardly a bastion of liberalism, have adopted reforms that are driving down their prison populations and saving taxpayers money. Now Holder and Congress are moving in that direction. Legislation is being introduced to grant greater …
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