SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

An unusual U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that religious social services agencies are protected under the First Amendment, despite municipal allegations that religious views open gateways to discrimination.

With law enforcement reform a lasting hot ticket topic for lawmakers, policy experts and the public, the possibility of qualified immunity may soon become impossible or at the least much more difficult to attain by officers who are the subjects of civil rights violation cases.

A legislation currently simmering in the Texas House and Senate would change bail and bond regulations for criminals charged with serious offenses including capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and sexual abuse of a child is a step in the right direction to fix alarming homicide by felonies rates in Houston, according to Crime Stoppers of Houston Director of Victim Services Andy Kahan.

HOUSTON – On Feb. 6, American National Property and Casualty Co. (ANPAC), which insures a property mortgaged by Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance Inc. and occupied by Mark Rennison, was granted a motion for emergency relief that bars Rennison from obtaining a reappraisal of his home.

HOUSTON – The Gulf Coast Center, a public transportation company that serves Galveston and Brazoria counties, lost its appeal on Feb. 6 to cut in half the liability payout to a bus-pedestrian collision victim Daniel Curry Jr.