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12 Nov 2010, 12:47 pm by Steve Hall
During Bush's six years as governor 150 men and two women were executed in Texas—a record unmatched by any other governor in modern American history. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:26 pm by Steve Hall
  He became Governor of Texas upon the resignation of George W. [read post]
20 Nov 2023, 7:00 am by Jacob Sapochnick
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently unveiled a new immigration law known as SB4 that will make it a state crime to cross the border illegally into the state of Texas from Mexico. [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 4:51 am by Immigration Prof
With Presidential ambitions, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has decided to have his state join Texas and 25 others in challenging the Obama administration's expanded deferred action program. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 7:32 pm
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:20:09 EU has asked Texas Governor to put a ban on ultimate penalty. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 7:15 am by Steve Hall
  It would be the state's 465th execution since 1982; the 226th execution under the administration of Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 7:21 am by Steve Hall
  It was the state's 459th execution since 1982; the 220th execution under the administration of Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 12:04 pm by Lowell Brown
Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday he has appointed former 14th Court of Appeals Justice Brett Busby to the Texas Supreme Court for a term set to expire on December 31, 2020. [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 10:22 am
"Texas leads the nation in the number of executions. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 7:15 pm
Let's hope the defeats for Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry do not stop. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 8:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For starters, the governor could begin to prioritize grants for housing, directing available funds for that purpose and working with Texas' congressional delegation to champion the cause of more federal housing grants from HUD. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 8:23 am
"Texas: Governor Fires Chairman of Forensic Science Committee," is James McKinley's brief in today's New York Times.Gov. [read post]
25 Jul 2023, 6:40 am by Immigration Prof
No surprises but NPR reports that the Department of Justice has sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his refusal to remove a stretch of buoys surrounded by razor wire (and here) placed in the Rio Grande between Mexico and Texas.... [read post]
23 Apr 2022, 5:00 am by Immigration Prof
The Texas Tribune reports that "[a]s [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott takes extraordinary measures in the name of border security, some on the right are pushing him to go one unprecedented and legally questionable step further:... [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:39 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
A bipartisan group of Texas legislators has written a letter to Governor Greg Abbott, demanding a special session to repeal the dispute resolution provisions in the Texas Advance Directives Act. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 2:59 am
Security upgrades and screening equipment aimed at reducing contraband smuggling in Texas prisons made it onto the list of items designated by the Governor as "emergencies," allowing them to be taken up within the first 30 days of the session. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 2:46 pm by Steve Hall
  Thompson, his attorneys, and reporters are waiting on Governor Rick Perry to accept or reject the Board of Pardons and Paroles that Thompson's death sentence be commuted to life in prison.Earlier today, AP writer Michael Graczyk filed, "Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:21 am by David S. Jones
Texas Governor Rick Perry started December by issuing an Executive Order requiring E-Verify participation by all Texas state agencies and for all businesses contracting with the State of Texas:  http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/EO-RP-80_E-Verify_IMAGE_12-03-14.pdf Citing with approval advancements made with the E-Verify system and Texas and other states’ successes with the federal database, the Order requires all state agencies… [read post]