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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Interim Attorney General Angela Colmenero on Thursday over the legality of Texas deploying floating barriers in the Rio Grande. [read post]
Last week Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state health agencies to investigate the medical treatment of transgender youth as “child abuse. [read post]
12 Aug 2021, 9:23 am by Paulo McKeeby and Amanda Brown
Judge Jenkins’ order comes on the heels of a Dallas County state court issuing a temporary restraining order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s July 29, 2021 order barring mask mandates by local governmental entities. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 7:15 am
The Texas prison system was planning to commit a federal crime on Thursday at the Austin state jail, but Attorney General Greg Abbott intervened - not with an arrest for conspiracy but with a polite note saying, basically, "Uh ... please don't violate federal law. [read post]
Texas imposed the restrictions under Texas Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which Governor Greg Abbott signed into law in September. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 2:41 pm
An excerpt: [T]he State of Texas and 37 other States ... request that the Court divide oral argument for Petitioners, and allow Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, on behalf of the amici States, 10 minutes of argument time. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 7:19 am by Don Cruse
Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and Greg Abbott, Attorney General for the State of Texas, No. 11? [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 5:27 pm
Attorney General Greg Abbott of Texas (coincidentally enough wheelchair-bound himself), has exercised that sovereign immunity in ADA suits, and there is a movement for the legislature to repeal the immunity. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 6:07 am by Cormac Early
 Greg Abbott, the Attorney General of Texas, has promised to appeal immediately to the Supreme Court, as Lyle reported for this blog yesterday. [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]
19 Nov 2010, 1:40 pm by Steve Hall
In a new decision, Attorney General Greg Abbott has ordered Texas prison officials to make public previously secret details about the drugs they use in lethal executions. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 9:18 am
Many believe that human traffickers are helping migrants cross the border, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott intends on getting to the bottom of things. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 7:26 am by Bob Kraft
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]
18 Apr 2010, 9:05 am by Michael Ginsborg
Angelique Naylor told Newsweek that in appealing her divorce decree, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has pursued a "politically motivated attack and attempt to wear me down financially by running up my legal bills. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 5:45 am by Michelle O'Neil
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill eliminating a loophole allowing child marriage. [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Texas trial lawyer lobby has attacked Greg Abbott on theme of his accident for years without success, Wendy Davis would have been smarter to tell ‘em no [Politico] Wondering about ObamaCare rate hikes? [read post]
13 May 2022, 11:33 am by Howard Bashman
Greg Abbott did not have the authority to order such investigations, acknowledging they could cause ‘irreparable harm. [read post]