Grits for Breakfast: Eldorado
Here’s the official tally of underage women married to older men revealed by the Texas Department of Public Safety in court today, compiled from FLDS records seized at the YFZ ranch (according to the Salt Lake City Tribune): “attorneys representing the state focused in on 10 women between the ages [...]
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Arizona also received abuse report on polygamous sect - Salt Lake Tribune
SAN ANGELO, Texas - As Texas authorities massed at a polygamous sect’s ranch in west Texas, authorities in Arizona received information about a similar situation involving a teen in Colorado City, Ariz.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Flora Jessop [...]
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Women return to Texas polygamist ranch - CNN.com
SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) — A group of women from a polygamist sect’s Texas ranch returned to the compound Monday after authorities separated them from the 400-plus children now in state custody.
Rhonda Jeffs, mother of two of the children and a spokeswoman for the other women, said [...]
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On Sunday, state officials enforced a judge’s order to confiscate the cell phones of the women and children removed from the ranch.
The emergency order was sought by attorneys ad litem for 18 FLDS girls in the state’s custody, Gonzalez said.
In a copy of the order provided to the AP, lawyers said [...]
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The House Elections Committee held hearings on a Texas voter ID and voter fraud.
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest
But two Republicans on the committee, Rep. Leo Berman of Tyler and Dwayne Bohac of Houston, suggested any case of voter impersonation or non-citizen voting is too many.
“If five or 10 people cast [...]
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If they can prove his death was due to negligence or improper care, his widow, who now is in assisted living, may qualify for additional VA death benefits.
Since Texas voters supported a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases in 2003, none of the lawyers the family approached would take [...]
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EAGLE PASS — Weeks of investigation and a resume full of lies caught up with this border town’s interim city manager Tuesday as council members voted unanimously to take steps to fire him amid applause and whistles from a standing-room-only crowd.
“Once the investigation was completed, it was an easy decision,” said [...]
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Faced with clear evidence that its probationary city manager lied repeatedly on his impressive resume, the Eagle Pass City Council shrugged and took a step toward offering Glen Starnes the permanent job.
The decision came after an impassioned 15-minute address Tuesday by Starnes to the council reciting his six months of [...]
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Court adopts written procedures for death penalty appeals | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
The judge who prevented a convicted killer from making a last-minute appeal by not extending office hours apparently violated a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unwritten policy by making the decision when the case wasn’t assigned to her.
Judge Sharon Keller said the [...]
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