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5 Jun 2015, 10:23 am
The Texas legislature sent a new bill, HB 1436, to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on May 28, 2015. [read post]
27 May 2015, 10:00 am
As attorney general, he fought against federal law that challenged the 2nd Amendment, and will sign open carry legislation into law as governor. [read post]
16 May 2015, 2:44 pm
In 2008, Onwuteaka agreed to a public reprimand and payment of $2,000 in attorneys’ fees to the Commission.Like I said, he is a survivor.Whether he will survive, professionally and financially, the Attorney General’s pending enforcement action arising from his pattern and practice of venue violations in hundreds of cases he brought against Texas consumers is another matter.THE TEXAS AG’S ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ONWUTEAKA AND SAMARA… [read post]
14 Feb 2015, 10:07 am
Bexar County’s list has 65; Denton County has 39.Many larger offices — including Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s — fought the newspaper’s requests to release any information, arguing to then-Attorney General Greg Abbott that their records of officers with dubious credibility should not have to be released because they are internal law enforcement communications and thus exempt from Texas… [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 12:20 pm
The Midland Reporter-Telegram followed up with a story titled "Mentally ill often end up in criminal justice system" that merits Grits readers' attention.Update on feds' hair and fiber reviewSee a letter from the USDOJ to Attorney General Greg Abbott from September regarding the review of flawed hair and fiber analyses by the FBI crime lab, which were used in some 20,000 cases. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 3:19 pm
Not two weeks after the President announced his executive action on immigration, 17 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, are challenging the executive action under the U.S. [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]
5 Nov 2014, 10:03 am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican, romped to victory over Democratic state Sen. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 8:58 am
Indeed, pitched correctly, small government conservatives are natural allies for those who want to treat drug abuse as a medical problem instead of a criminal one and reduce the footprint of the justice system.Texas doesn't have initiative and referendum; any reform legislation here must pass both chambers at the Legislature and be signed by Greg Abbott. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:16 am
Texas – An Ad with a Wheelchair Shakes up the Texas Governor’s Race New York Times – David Montgomery | Published: 10/13/2014 Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis defended her campaign television ad that highlights opponent Greg Abbott’s use of a wheelchair, denying it exploits his disability while attacking his record. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 9:24 am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott [official website]... [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 6:28 am
Here's a notable excerpt from the story:A federal panel has refused to coordinate lawsuits filed on behalf of inmates in Texas state prisons who died or suffered heat strokes from soaring temperatures during the summers of 2011 and 2012.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and its executive director, Brad Livingston, represented by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, moved on July 14 to transfer seven cases for pretrial… [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 7:23 am
Here are the opening paragraphs: As Texas neared the end of a decade-long legal fight over homeowners’ insurance rates with Farmers Insurance Group in December, the company’s employees PAC gave $50,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Greg Abbott — the top lawyer in the state’s case against the company. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 2:04 pm
[Law and More] * Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sought an emergency stay to allow Texas to start shutting down abortion clinics despite a ruling that the law was unconstitutional. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 3:58 pm
[JURIST] On Sunday Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott [official website] filed a motion [motion, PDF] in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] to delay the enforcement of a recent district court ruling [JURIST report] that struck down state law that imposed new regulations on abortion clinics. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 8:18 pm
Last Wednesday the state’s newspapers (including our own Fort Worth Star Telegram) reported on Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s appellate brief before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Texas ban on gay marriage. [read post]
2 Aug 2014, 7:10 am
And his likely successor, Attorney General Greg Abbott, has made keeping it that way his campaign mantra. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 11:22 am
Just paying overtime for more vehicle patrols, in the end, won't accomplish much.Meanwhile, Politifact took on questions about a purported crime wave by "criminal aliens" touted by Attorney General Greg Abbott and Governor Rick Perry to support the border crackdown. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 7:26 am
The Texas Tribune, in partnership with Kaiser Health News, covers the controversy surrounding use of pelvic mesh implants by women, noting that in Texas, “a coalition of ‘pelvic mesh survivors’ has asked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is also the state’s Republican nominee for governor, to pursue legal action against Johnson & Johnson, one of the largest implant makers. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 7:23 am
An editorial in the Dallas Morning News recently called to task Attorney General (and candidate for governor) Greg Abbott for his position on texting while driving. [read post]
