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6 Apr 2022, 5:27 pm by Immigration Prof
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbot announced a new plan to send "charter buses and flights" of undocumented migrants from borderland communities in Texas to Washington,... [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 5:29 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Over the years I've sometimes praised Attorney General Greg Abbot for being reasonably good on his open records decisions, but data published by the Corpus Christi Caller Times suggests Abbot's watch has not been an especially happy period for open records overall ("Increase in requests to withhold public data worries advocates," Dec. 12). [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 4:36 am by Immigration Prof
Sasha Abramsky writes for Truthout that Republican governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbot, both of whom are up for re-election this year, are likely to make immigration a leading issue in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 1:17 pm
Attorney General Greg Abbot provides the following Legal Conclusion: f j 1623, if the state statutes provide a "postsecondary education benefit" to an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States on the basis of "residence," within the... [read post]
Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed Senate Bill 1 into law on Tuesday placing further restrictions on voting in the state. [read post]
12 May 2008, 9:59 pm
(Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot)Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, is teaching the business world not to mess with the personal information of Texans.Using a series of laws that he wrote an essay on, AG Abbot has taken legal action against Radio Shack, CVS Pharmacy and CNG Financial Corporation doing business as as Check and Go and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance for not properly protecting people's information. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 2:59 pm by Sarah Klein
However, the high cost of the initiative that was spearheaded by former attorney General Greg Abbot, now Texas, governor, has come under scrutiny in recent weeks. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 7:57 am by Joanna Kamvouris
Greg Abbot signed an order on March 20 to delay the May primary runoff elections until July in response to the growing outbreak of COVID-19. [read post]
8 May 2017, 10:36 am by Devin Montgomery
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday signed [signing statement, text; video] into law a bill [SB 4, text] banning so-called "sanctuary cities" in the state. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 2:45 pm by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
With the recent unfortunate events that occurred in El Paso, Greg Abbot Governor of Texas has formed a new task force regarding Domestic Terrorism. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 10:02 am by Steve Hall
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot today issued Opinion GA-0754 regarding the authority of a Texas governor to issue a posthumous pardon. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 2:55 pm by Lee Szor
On June 14, 2019, Governor Greg Abbot signed into law a bill (House Bill 3703) expanding access to medical marijuana products in the State of Texas. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 3:26 am
Led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot (press release), the attorneys general of all 50 states and the Virgin Islands have filed an amicus brief (full text) in support of prayer and the use of "so help me God" in the oath at Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 2:44 pm by Lee Szor
On June 14, 2019, Governor Greg Abbot signed into law a bill (House Bill 3703) expanding access to medical marijuana products in the State of Texas. [read post]
Megan Mooney and Jane and John Doe, acting behalf of themselves and their daughter Mary Doe, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbot, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Jaime Masters, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 8:56 am by The Boyd Law Group, PLLC
Most recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed two new bills (SB 45 and HB 21) that went into effect on September 1, 2021. [read post]
At issue was House Bill (HB) 900, a bill passed by the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbot that would require the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to create standards for “sexually explicit” materials and would prohibit schools from purchasing or possessing “sexually explicit” materials for a library. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:09 am by Beckie
However, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot filed a lawsuit against Petroleum Wholesale LP because it falsified octane levels and violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. [read post]
5 Jun 2023, 8:04 am by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
On May 27, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law an amendment to Texas’s data breach notification law. [read post]