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5 Feb 2009, 10:34 am
I am willing to bet it's less than 1%, but we all know, you won't show that, because then, you cannot grandstand anymore. 02/05/2008 By Bryan Rupp Texas Attorney General Warns of 90,000 Sex Offenders on MySpace & Facebook The Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott is warning parents to watch their kids activity on MySpace and Facebook. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 3:25 pm by Adam Faderewski
He previously served as deputy attorney general for legal counsel under then-Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott from 2003 to 2005. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 3:19 pm by David S. Jones
Not two weeks after the President announced his executive action on immigration, 17 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, are challenging the executive action under the U.S. [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]
9 Sep 2008, 7:25 pm
Now it's up to Governor Perry to decide whether that merits commuting Charles Hood's sentence as Attorney General Greg Abbott has requested. (9/10 update: The case was stayed on other grounds - see below.) [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 8:19 pm by Rick Hasen
The latestfrom Texas: “Acrimony among elected Republican officials, the statewide Republican Party leadership and Attorney General Greg Abbott spilled into public Thursday as a bitter fight over whether to split the state’s primary elections rages on. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 2:04 pm by Joe Patrice
[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 by Howard Friedman
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]
1 Jun 2022, 4:14 am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton [argued that because the law] only requires social media platforms to serve customers on an equal footing... [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:36 pm by Wolfgang Demino
The Attorney General (Greg Abbott at the time) did not timely intervene in the trial court, and the State therefore did not have standing to appeal as a party post-judgment. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 5:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Attorney General Greg Abbott easily sailed to reelection.A whopping 15% of the Texas House of Representatives turned over, all flipping to Republicans who won 22 new seats. [read post]
  Senate Bill 8 (SB8), signed by Governor Greg Abbott in May, will allow any private citizen to sue abortion providers for up to $10,000 per person involved. [read post]
Addressing the lawsuit, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta stated: SB 4 is clearly unconstitutional. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 8:32 am by Lyle Denniston
   Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he will take “immediate steps” to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:36 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
The Attorney General (Greg Abbott at the time) did not timely intervene in the trial court, and the State therefore did not have standing to appeal as a party post-judgment. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 1:45 pm
A measure which would allow a judge to punish the parents of teenagers who engage in the risky practice known as 'sexting,' was introduced today in the Texas Legislature, and immediately received the support of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, 1200 WOAI news reports. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 7:35 am by Mary Anne Peck
Greg Abbott (R), would bar private employers from requiring their workers to get vaccinated for COVID-19. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance National: “Ted Cruz Reimbursed Himself $555,000 After Successfully Challenging a Political Spending Law at the Supreme Court” by Bryan Metzger (Business Insider) for MSN Texas: “In Texas, Where Money Has Long Dominated Politics, Greg Abbott Is in a League of His Own” by Patrick Svitek, Carla Astudillo, Zach Despart, and Kate McGee for Texas Tribune Ethics National: “Analyst Acquitted at Trial Over Discredited Trump Dossier” by… [read post]
Included in the governor’s letter was a non-binding legal opinion by Attorney General Ken Paxton, which claimed that such care could constitute child abuse when administered to minors. [read post]