This report shows that in recent years, attention has increasingly focused upon the minority composition of the Federal judiciary, in apparent response to concerns that judges appointed to the Federal bench should more compositely reflect the U.S. population they serve. Two of the larger U.S. subpopulations served by the Federal judiciary are blacks and Hispanics. Accordingly, this mini brief lists chronologically and cumulatively the appointments of blacks and Hispanics to the Federal bench, which includes the U.S.Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and District courts.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of section 44.102(b)(2) of Title 110B relating to judicial retirement benefits

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an outgoing board of directors of Lavaca Hospital District may take any action after the annual election and prior to canvassing votes for the election

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Paula Hearn, Jim Cook and Tim Tolliver visit at Tuesday night's reception for Cook."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joevan Bullard, left, talks with Martha Cook and Powell at a party honoring Jim Cook."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dahn and Diahn King have always gone to the same school. But unless the Oklahoma City School Board makes an exception to its transfer policy, the fraternal twins will be attending different high schools this fall."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bill Griffin , northwest Oklahoma City resident and co-holder of the world record for combined Scrabble scores.."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Prosecution witness Wellinda Neale leaves Federal Building in Muskogee with an unidentified man after testifying Tuesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Witness Wellinda Neale waves as she is driven from federal court in Muskogee Tuesday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wellinda Neale waves to reporters after leaving Federal Building in Muskogee after testifying. She was last person to take stand prior to noon recess."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Collecting art and crafts for the YWCA's upcoming Fallfest are volunteers Zada Sery (left) , Margo Whiting and Patrick Morris, 12."

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Vice President George Bush speaking at an event to encourage Hispanic voter registration. Bush is introduced by Willie Velasquez and speaks about the importance of his campaign to increase minority voter registration and the Reagan administration. This story aired at 5:00 P.M.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.

Optical stability of foundations and support structures, environmental control, close-in subsystem integration, spatial organization, materiel flow and access to remote subsystems is discussed and compared for four laser facilities: The Special Isotope Separation Laboratory, Argus, Shiva/Nova, and Firepond.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.