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A disability rights group filed a complaint in federal district court on Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting government agencies from issuing a mask mandate. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 1:00 pm by Eric Quitugua
Greg Abbott, will serve as liaison to the Texas Access to Justice Commission. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
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]
9 Dec 2020, 7:51 am
  Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/18/texas-greg-abbott-dallas-state-police/Read More [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 8:34 am by Howard Friedman
Abbott, (WD TX, Oct. 13, 2017), a Texas federal district court held that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas State Preservation Board violated the free speech rights of Freedom From Religion Foundation when, at the governor's order, FFRF's Bill of Rights nativity display was removed from the state capitol rotunda where it had been erected under a limited public forum policy. [read post]
28 Jul 2021, 3:11 pm
In a surprising move for what has historically been an extremely employer-friendly state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed two new bills (Senate Bill 45 and House Bill 21) that significantly expand the protections for employees who assert claims of sexual harassment under the Texas Labor Code. [read post]
On February 22, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state health agencies to investigate the medical treatment of transgender youth as “child abuse. [read post]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 8:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Abbott had signed the law in 2015.IMO, vetoing the Good Samaritan bill was one of Greg Abbott's worst decisions as Governor. [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]
6 Nov 2019, 8:10 am by Alicia Maule
Yesterday, 26 bi-partisan Texas lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles requesting to stop the November 20 execution of Rodney Reed in order to further investigate the mounting evidence of his innocence. [read post]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced he had sent two busloads of migrants to the Washington, DC residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in a show of frustration over the state of US immigration policy. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 8:56 am by [email protected]
Sex trafficking is a serious offense in Texas and one that has been on the radar of Governor Greg Abbott this year. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 8:56 am by [email protected]
Sex trafficking is a serious offense in Texas and one that has been on the radar of Governor Greg Abbott this year. [read post]
3 Jun 2017, 3:14 pm by Akira Tomlinson
The city of Austin filed a lawsuit [Complaint, PDF] on Thursday joining San Antonio and two other Texas cities in challenging the constitutionality of Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) [text, PDF], a new immigration enforcement law signed [JURIST report] by Governor Greg Abbott [official website] early last month. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 8:05 am by Kevin Lashus
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill (S.B. 374) into law June 10, 2015, that requires state agencies in Texas to use the E-Verify system to check that new employees are authorized to work in the U.S. [read post]