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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Constitutional Rights of Public Employees: Moonlighting on Onlyfans Edition

By Byron L. Brown |

News broke last week about a female deputy sheriff in Colorado who separated from employment—reportedly with a $30,000 severance package—after her colleagues discovered that she had a webpage on a social media platform known as “only fans” where she posted nude and sexually explicit photos and videos of herself. I say “separated from employment”… Read More »

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Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates

By Brandon Morris |

In November of 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule which was effectively a nation-wide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The mandate is applicable to the vast majority of Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and their employees. This interim final rule was immediately challenged by a… Read More »

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Municipal Donations: Practices and Pitfalls

By Ford Hamilton |

Texas Cities, both general law and home rule, have certain restrictions placed on them by the Texas Constitution when donating money or making investments into private companies (Tex Const, Art 11, Sec 3).  The Constitution likewise prohibits the State from compelling investment or donation in the same manner.  (Tex. Const. Art. 3, Sec 52). … Read More »

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Municipal Building Code Updates

By Raphael A. Garza |

Have you considered adopting or amending your city’s Building Codes lately? If not, now may be the time. In 2021, the legislature passed revisions to Local Government Code §214.212 and §214.216 which updated the requirements for adopting and amending the International Residential and Building Codes. Local Government Code §214.212 now adopts the 2012 International… Read More »

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