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24 Oct 2023, 7:41 am
In May 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a “disaster” based on migration and the federal government’s purported lack of immigration enforcement. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 4:14 am
The United States vetoed a U.N. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 8:32 am
Greg Abbott (R), with the explicit goal of sowing discord in “sanctuary cities. [read post]
7 Oct 2023, 2:34 am
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Official State of Texas Photograph Human Rights Watch (HRW) is critical of the call of Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a special session of the Texas legislature to consider immigration proposals that in the view... [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 10:10 am
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a memorandum of understanding confirming the partnership. [read post]
27 Sep 2023, 2:39 pm
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the ban, Senate Bill 12 (SB 12), into law back in June. [read post]
27 Sep 2023, 12:08 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]
20 Sep 2023, 5:30 am
Using 148 characters, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services would be investigating the seven-year-old’s family. [read post]
12 Sep 2023, 7:06 am
My latest Verdict column discusses last week's action in the case brought by the United States against Texas and Governor Greg Abbott concerning the floating barrier system the state has erected in a portion of the Rio Grande as a political stunt in order to prevent the entry into the state and country of drugs and undocumented immigrants. [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm
Last week, Federal District Judge David Ezra (appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan) ruled that the state of Texas and its Governor Greg Abbott likely acted unlawfully when they placed a system of buoys and barriers in part of the Rio Grande River. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 1:03 pm
Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 4:41 am
A federal court ruled that Texas Governor Greg Abbott's border barrier in the Rio Grande likely violates the federal Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 5:28 pm
In response to the Wednesday ruling, Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated: Texas will appeal. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 3:44 pm
BY RAFAEL BERNAL AND REBECCA BEITSCH “Governor [Greg] Abbott [R] announced that he was not ‘asking for permission’ for Operation Lone Star, the anti-immigration program under which Texas constructed the floating barrier,” District Judge David Alan Ezra wrote. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 10:26 am
However, in June of 2023, as Texas temperatures were consistently hitting triple digits, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that overturned all Texas local ordinances requiring construction employers to provide water breaks to their workers. [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 5:52 am
Greg Abbott to appoint an acting attorney general who could serve until the next election in 2026. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 11:56 am
The decision is also a setback for Governor Greg Abbott, who signed the law into effect in June. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 11:56 am
Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a law that requires drunk drivers who cause a crash that kills a parent to pay child support until the surviving child (or children) turn 18 or graduate high school.The new law takes effect on September 1, 2023.In this article, Board Certified Criminal Defense Lawyer Benson Varghese explains the new law, the legislative intent behind it, and how civil restitution (in addition to criminal punishment) applies to a defendant convicted of… [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 2:18 pm
Even if current Texas Governor Greg Abbott wouldn't do such a thing, a future governor perhaps would, if he thought it might be politically advantageous. [read post]
7 Aug 2023, 11:35 am
On a similar vein, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 2127 (the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act) into law in June 2023, barring municipalities from passing regulations that surpass the protections afforded by state law in a number of areas, including labor. [read post]
