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22 Apr 2020, 12:28 pm by Amy Starnes
Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced the launch of a job-finding website developed by the Texas Workforce Commission to help connect unemployed Texans with work. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 12:46 pm by Paul K. Stafford
Proclamation, Office of the Texas Governor, Governor Abbott Declares State of Disaster in Texas Due To COVID-19 (Mar. 13, 2020), https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-declares-state-of-disaster-in-texas-due-to-covid-19. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 8:39 am by John Floyd
Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to block order GA-13. [read post]
14 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Mary Ziegler
  This purported to be an interpretation of Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order (GA-09) that imposed a variety of restrictions in order to preserve hospital capacity for COVID-19 patients, which itself followed a more general declaration of a state of emergency. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 4:18 pm by Amy Howe
The dispute has its roots in a March 22 executive order by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that prohibits elective surgeries and medical procedures until April 21 in an effort to free up hospital space and conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) for the care of COVID-19 patients. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 11:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton took one on the chin yesterday when Travis County District Judge Lora Livingston issued a Temporary Restraining Order barring enforcement of the governor's executive order barring jail releases of people with current charges or past convictions involving violent offenses. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 1:46 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Fair Defense Project, ACLU of Texas, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sued Governor Greg Abbott over his executive order (GA-13) related to pretrial jail releases in response  to the coronavirus, as well as Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has vowed to aggressively enforce it. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 2:41 am by Daniel Klapper
California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra wrote a letter to the US Department of Health, signed by 21 state attorneys general, demanding the Trump administration remove restrictions on mifepristone, which is used in medical abortions. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 1:29 pm by John Floyd
Unless, of course, you are Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 3:07 pm by Meaghan McCormick
On March 14, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas, Greg Abbott, approved the Board’s request to temporarily suspend Texas Occupation Code 111.005 (a)-(b) and Title 22, Chapter 174.6 (a)(2)-(3) of the Texas Administrative Code. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 11:36 am by Lowell Brown
Greg Abbott’s March 16 order temporarily suspending certain open meetings provisions. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 10:16 am by Michael Lowe
Coronavirus in Texas Prisons and Jails as of March 26, 2020 On March 16, 2020, a letter was sent to Texas Governor Greg Abbott by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, asking for specific help addressing the “the grave threat that a COVID-19 contagion poses to incarcerated populations and staff members. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
In addition to the private plane trips, the report from the group Fix the Court details a $500-a-plate VIP dinner that Justice Stephen Breyer attended before a 2016 lecture at the University of Texas, as well as undisclosed gifts like Wisconsin football gear given to Justice Elena Kagan, and silver julep cups to Justice Neil Gorsuch. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 6:34 pm
By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Published: 10:17 EDT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 24 March 2020 Texas Gov Greg Abbott (pictured on Wednesday) has barred 'any type of abortion that is not medically necessary to preserve the life or health of a mother' amid the coronavirus outbreakTexas Gov Greg Abbott has announced a move to ban most abortions in the state during the coronavirus outbreak,… [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 10:15 am by Colby Pastre
Governor Ivey has postponed primary runoff elections set for March 31 under powers authorized by the state’s Emergency Management Act and confirmed by the attorney general’s office. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Texas Tribune reports:Citing the need to preserve health care capacity for COVID-19 patients, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that abortions should not be performed unless the mother's life is in danger.The warning comes one day after Gov. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 2:22 am by Zoe Gujral
Texas Governor Greg Abbott released an executive order banning all “non-essential and elective” surgeries to preserve medical supplies to fight COVID-19 on Sunday evening, and Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an order on Monday declaring that abortions fell under the ban, excluding abortions performed to preserve the life of the mother. [read post]