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31 Jul 2019, 12:55 pm
Greg Abbott vetoed a bill passed by the Texas Legislature in 2015 to allow people to call 911 in the event of an overdose without being charged with drug possession. [read post]
5 Mar 2022, 5:51 pm
Greg Abbott's order to investigate for child abuse parents who facilitate gender reassignment treatment for minors. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 5:17 am
Okay, we've heard a lot about federalism and states' rights from Governor Greg Abbott over the years. [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 12:05 pm
Greg Abbott hadn't vetoed Good Samaritan legislation in 2015 that would have prevented 911-callers from being arrested for calling in an overdose.In 2018, the Austin Statesman reported that, "similar laws in other states have resulted in as much as a 15 percent drop in opioid overdoses in the past five years, despite nationwide increases. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 3:08 pm
But then-District Attorney Susan Reed vowed to prosecute government employees (or anyone else) associated with the program, then-Attorney General Greg Abbott agreed she could do so, even though the Legislature had authorized it, and so the program never got off the ground.However, in the wake of losing his primary election, Bexar County DA Nico Lahood is reversing his predecessor's position and giving the go-ahead to a needle-exchange pilot in River City, the SA Express-News… [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 5:03 am
Greg Abbott launched in 2021. [read post]
1 May 2015, 1:59 pm
And you might also be Governor Greg Abbott. [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]
8 Sep 2013, 10:11 am
One of the most controversial portions of the new law is the provision that:No appointed official or member of a board or commission shall engage in discrimination or demonstrate a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group of persons, or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age or disability, while acting in their official capacity while in such public position.The Texas Tribune reported Friday that… [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 11:57 am
Rick Perry announced this afternoon that he will not run for re-election as Texas Governor, meaning someone else (odds-on favorite is Greg Abbott) will be wielding the veto pen in 2015. [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 7:35 am
Greg] Abbott signed into law SB 4, a measure that would authorize Texas police and state judges to arrest, detain and deport migrants who are suspected of crossing the border illegally. [read post]
1 Jun 2022, 4:14 am
Greg Abbott signed the law last September, he declared that 'conservative viewpoints in Texas cannot be banned on social media.' Tech companies challenged the law, saying it violates their First Amendment right to control what speech appears on their platforms.... [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 3:39 pm
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Supreme Court’s ruling permitting Border Patrol to cut the razor wire installed by the National Guard, at the direction of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, along the Rio Grande at the U.S. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 4:05 am
Greg Abbott had charged the Committee with religious discrimination after it refused to approve a St. [read post]
25 Dec 2022, 9:32 am
Greg Abbott had sent buses of migrants north, including to a location outside Harris’ home. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 6:43 am
Greg Abbott last month. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 1:58 pm
* Not just a liberal wet-dream: the case for the disbarment of Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott for defying the Supreme Court on same sex marriage. [read post]
27 Sep 2023, 7:08 pm
The Texas Legislature, along with Governor Greg Abbott's endorsement, has introduced significant amendments to the Texas Family Code (TFC) in the form of Senate Bills 869 and 870. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 4:00 am
State of Texas, (WD TX, Aug. 26, 2021), a Texas federal district court held unconstitutional on Supremacy Clause grounds Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order which prohibits, during the COVID pandemic, anyone except federal, state or local law enforcement officials from providing transportation to migrants who have been detained for crossing the border illegally or are subject to expulsion. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 5:50 am
Greg Abbott of Texas ordered the state police and the National Guard to assist border agents in Del Rio, saying the federal response had not been enough to quell the surge in crossings. 'The Biden administration is in complete disarray and is handling the border crisis as badly as the evacuation from Afghanistan,' he said.... [read post]
