Home / Blog Our Blogs Selling a House in Texas with Lease Options is a Nuanced Process Drew Shirley August 12, 2016 Selling a house in the state of Texas does not always need to be an outright, simple sales transaction. Still, some people in the market, […] Read More What Does a City Attorney Do? Timothy Kirwin August 5, 2016 What does a City Attorney do? Sounds Kind of Boring! At dinner parties and social gatherings, people often ask, “what do you do for a living?” This […] Read More Economic Development or Honey I bought a HEB J. Grady Randle July 22, 2016 Do you think public-private partnerships as an economic development tool is a new 21st century concept? Corporate welfare a creation of the 20th century? Have […] Read More Signs of the Times: How Pokémon Poses Municipal Regulation Questions Byron L. Brown July 15, 2016 Pokémon GO has descended upon the masses, and this newest iteration of Nintendo’s classic video game from the 1990s brings the monster catching hysteria to […] Read More Balancing Freedoms: Texas Open Carry Gun Law and Public Meetings Drew Shirley July 8, 2016 While the First and Second Amendments provide our constitutional rights to free speech and to bear arms, there is legal leeway for a Texas municipality […] Read More Citizens Should Engage Public Officials with Ideas to Better Their City Timothy Kirwin July 1, 2016 I recently went on a trip to San Francisco to visit a friend of nearly 20 years. While on a hike to the Golden Gate […] Read More My Mayor Has Super Powers? J. Grady Randle June 24, 2016 Texas law sets out various powers of mayors and city council. However, what super powers does a mayor have in an emergency or disaster? There […] Read More Change in Texas Criminal Code Calls for Careful Review of Traffic Stop Video Release Byron L. Brown June 17, 2016 A significant change to the law governing public information in Texas came into effect on September 1, 2015, and governmental bodies ought to know about […] Read More Creative Ways to Buy and Sell Real Estate in Texas Drew Shirley June 10, 2016 A typical real estate transaction, whether residential or commercial, usually involves a buyer paying a certain amount in cash for a down payment and taking […] Read More « 1 … 38 39 40 41 »