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20 May 2021, 12:30 pm by Joanna Kamvouris
Greg Abbott has selected July 27 as the date of the special election runoff to replace the late Rep. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 10:40 am by Peter Snyder
[JURIST] A coalition of 17 states led by Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott [official website] filed suit [press release] against President Barrack Obama [official profile] Wednesday challenging his executive action [JURIST report] on immigration. [read post]
3 Jun 2019, 5:48 am by Austin Koltonowski
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed into law a bill that prohibits the use of red light cameras by local authorities. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 4:41 am by Steven D. Schwinn
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]
22 Jun 2018, 8:02 am by Alexandra Vernis, J.D.
Greg Abbott called a special election this week to fill a vacancy after the surprise resignation of state senator Carlos Uresti. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 9:44 am by Erica Spilde and Jason Gordon
Last month, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that expressly allows motor vehicles with “automated driving systems” to operate on Texas highways. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 9:44 am by Erica Spilde and Jason Gordon
Last month, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that expressly allows motor vehicles with “automated driving systems” to operate on Texas highways. [read post]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 8:00 am by Adam Faderewski
Greg Abbott appointed David Whitley as the 112th secretary of state of Texas on December 17, 2018. [read post]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry on Thursday after the Texas Parole Board unanimously recommended a pardon for the ex-soldier who was convicted of killing armed protester Garrett Foster at an Austin Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020. [read post]
24 May 2015, 10:44 pm by Patricia Salkin
Following a voter approved ban on fracking in Denton, TX, the governor of Teaxs, Greg Abbott, signed a new law (HB 40) prohibiting municipalities from enacting such bans. [read post]
22 May 2024, 9:10 am by Immigration Prof
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and ACLU Analytics published a report today that concludes that Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s state immigration enforcement program, Operation Lone Star (OLS), has failed its mission. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 11:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Greg Abbott proposed legislation to cap revenue for cities that reduce police-department budgets.Grits finds this bizarre on several levels. [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 7:23 am by Bob Kraft
An article in the Texas Tribune provides some insight into this seedy business, this time relate to candidate for governor Greg Abbott. [read post]
20 Oct 2021, 5:27 pm by Tom Smith
AUSTIN, Texas — In a dive into new political and legal water, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has initiated the first-ever border security operations in which thousands of National Guard troops — newly imbued with civilian arrest authority and given 40 hours of traditional police training in the use of deadly force — have started handcuffing illegally entering migrants on state trespassing charges. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 3:45 am by Eric B. Meyer
Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order stating that no entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination by any individual, including an employee or consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19. [read post]
26 Feb 2016, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Greg Abbott, as chairman of the Texas State Preservation Board, forced the executive director of the Board to remove from the state capitol rotunda a previously-approved display by the Freedom From Religion Foundation of a Bill of Rights "nativity" scene. [read post]