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Thursday marks deadline for bills to pass chambers

He is also expected to call lawmakers back next year if the Texas Supreme Court rules the school finance system unconstitutional.

Will Texas judges feel fallout over school finance?

Phillips had one opponent who called the Supreme Court soft on crime -- a difficult charge to deny in a civil court that never hears criminal cases.

Gay marriage case offers Supreme Court many options

A broadly written Supreme Court decision that enshrines constitutional protections for such marriages could spur cries of judicial activism and risk racing ahead of the U.S. public.

More funding might not be solution for Texas schools

That's because the suit brought by more than 600 of the state's 1,000-plus school districts must still be argued before the Texas Supreme Court.

School districts prevail in funding lawsuit

""All sides have known that, regardless of the outcome at the district level, final resolution will not come until this case reaches the Texas Supreme Court," he said.

A timeline of Texas school finance court battles

Nearly 300 other districts eventually join the case and expand its claims against the state to include that the funding system is inequitable and fails to provide sufficient resources.- 2004:...

Texas should use market strategies to improve water conservation

The Texas Supreme Court once observed that the "story of water law in Texas is also the story of its droughts."

Euthanized dog puts emotional value to Texas court

That's the question the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday will tackle in a case being closely watched by animal-rights advocates.

Calif Supreme Court won't let Scouts conceal files

The Boy Scouts of America said it will release two decades of sex-abuse allegation files to attorneys in a lawsuit after the California Supreme Court refused a bid to keep the records confidential.

Deadline a year away for e-filing in civil and family cases in Tarrant County

Adelstein said she is interested in seeing how the new electronic filing system will work since the Supreme Court doesn't get as much paperwork as the lower courts.

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California robbery case leads Supreme Court to reconsider police search laws

A tattooed inmate in one of California's most remote prisons will now get his moment in the...

In Kansas, it's lawmakers versus the courts

One effort this year aimed to let the governor appoint Supreme Court and appeals court judges.

Bigger push on Kansas judiciary selection coming

The constitution says the Supreme Court also hears other appeals "as may be provided by law."

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Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals

California's labor board asked a judge to intervene and order the employees to continue to work.