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18 Feb 2015, 5:22 pm
The state has extra money beyond Governor's the border security promises, if only the Legislature and Greg Abbot prioritized the surcharge issue as much.The state really gains nothing from border deployments but a nine-figure budget line item - the National Guard aren't really allowed to do anything and DPS' roadblock program got shut down and is unlikely to be authorized by the Legislature. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 12:03 pm
The House bill comes on the heels of the December 2014 federal lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General/Governor-Elect Greg Abbot challenging the validity and constitutionality of the Executive Action policy. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 9:42 am
Today, it is being reported that 17 states, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the state's governor-elect, are suing the Obama administration over its recent executive actions on immigration. [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 7:16 am
On Tuesday, it is all but inevitable that Greg Abbot’s campaign and Texas voters are going to beat Wendy Davis like a circus monkey, and it will be her second significant defeat in the campaign: She ran triumphantly unopposed in the New York Times primary, with Robert Draper all but kissing the hem of her garment, but she took a beating in the Rio Grande primary, with her penniless nobody opponent outperforming her in critical border counties that had gone heavily for Barack… [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:16 am
It criticizes Abbot, the state’s attorney general, for receiving millions from a 1984 lawsuit after a falling tree injured his spine, then working to limit the legal rights of other victims. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 2:06 pm
Corey Charlton of the Daily Mail reports that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot fears that Border Patrol resources have been stretched so thin that officers are unable to control narcotics smuggling and human trafficking. [read post]
26 Apr 2014, 11:07 am
” According to the Austin Statesman, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot subsequently responded by asking the 4th Court of Appeals to stay, or pause, Judge Nellermoe’s proceedings, and the appellate court granted that request. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 12:04 pm
Attorney General Abbot said that the regulations are threatening Texas jobs and employers and the EPA is a “runaway federal agency”. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 7:34 pm
Greg Abbot's Attorney General office has already filed a notice of appeal, a frivolous appeal indeed. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 4:15 pm
These actions are formally brought in the name of the State of Texas acting by and through its Attorney General [currently] Greg Abbot, but an assistant attorney general signs the pleadings and handles the litigation. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 6:06 am
Ponton wants Attorney General and Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbot to stop the fire marshal's investigation into shoddy forensics, pulling a page from John Bradley's playbook when Rick Perry appointed him chair of the Forensic Science Commission and he tried to stop the FSC's investigation into the Todd Willingham case. [read post]
9 May 2013, 4:00 am
In yesterday's brief decision, the court said in part:The evidence in this case confirms that religious messages expressed on run-through banners have not created, and will not create, an establishment of religion in the Kountze community.After the decision, Texas attorney-general Greg Abbot issued a statement (full text) saying in part:This is a victory for religious liberties and for high school cheerleaders who stood up to powerful forces that tried to silence their voices. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 12:02 pm
Final Reversal of Fortune: TaxMasters Files for Bankruptcy First, we have Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot suing TaxMasters, Inc., for deceptive practices and intentionally misleading consumers to sign their service contracts for tax relief that, among other things, would never be provided or come to fruition. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 5:42 pm
Some analysts have contended that the $158 million settlement is a victory for Johnson & Johnson because the company has made billions from the sales of Risperdal and the settlement will allow the company to avoid repaying the $579 million that the Texas Medicaid program spent on the drug in addition to the $500 million in penalties initially sought by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:09 am
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]
24 Feb 2011, 4:07 pm
So Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbot decided to shop for a new forum closer to home where they thought they might do better. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 7:49 pm
Reports suggest Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot supports the bill. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 12:31 pm
The truth is, state law already protect homeowners so "it is improper for Travelers to scare Texans into buying insurance they may not need, " Abbot explained. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 1:25 pm
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, not known for criticizing insurance companies or big businesses, just ordered Travelers Insurance to stop airing a deceptive TV advertisement. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 10:02 am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot today issued Opinion GA-0754 regarding the authority of a Texas governor to issue a posthumous pardon. [read post]
