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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.

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.

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.

Keystone pipeline condemnation ruling appealed

A group of Southeast Texas property owners are appealing a ruling to the Texas Supreme Court a ruling allowing condemnation of private land for a planned Canada-to-Gulf Coast oil pipeline.

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

The Texas Supreme Court acknowledges the forms are not perfect and will not work in every circumstance, but the justices believe they are necessary to help indigent litigants.

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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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Supreme Court to Hear Historic Religious Liberty Case

Today the Supreme Court granted that petition.

Indiana Court Suspends Attorney Over 'Horror Film' Plot

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Justices to weigh whether prayers at meetings violate separation of church, state

The Supreme Court will consider the decision during its term that will begin in October.

FCC Can Set Deadlines for Cell Tower Applications

The Supreme Court ruled federal regulators can set deadlines for state and local authorities to...

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During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt railed against the "Nine Old Men"...