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KXAN.com
April 16, 2018
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The number of Texas National Guard troops heading to the U.S.-Mexico border is rising. Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that he would raise the deployment to 1,400 troops. “They will be involved in a multitude of tasks that will ensure that the Border Patrol officers will have theÃâà...
MyStatesman.com
April 15, 2018
... looking into whether the university violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. Morales, then deputy attorney general for civil litigation, said in 2016 that he closed the investigation without first talking to Greg Abbott, who was attorney general at the time, after the universityÃâà...
SFA The Pine Log Online
April 14, 2018
Governor Greg Abbott was the keynote speaker during the luncheon of the seventh biennial Lone Star Legislative Summit; other public officials who attended are Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Association of Business CEO, Jeff Moseley. The summit was held over two days, beginning with theÃâà...
Terrell Tribune
April 13, 2018
Texas House District 4 representative Lance Gooden wants Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Greg Abbott to investigate claims of voter fraud, corruption and ballot harvesting. A lawsuit was filed last week contesting the election for Kaufman County Court at Law No. 1. Incumbent Dennis JonesÃâà...
Valley morning Star
April 13, 2018
Greg Abbott met with Texas National Guard troops here yesterday afternoon, a week after President Donald Trump urged their presence on the U.S.-Mexico ... In a memo sent by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Friday to federal prosecutors in each U.S. Attorney's Office along the southwest border,Ãâà...
The Texas Observer
April 12, 2018
Trump's nominee, David S. Morales, said in 2016 that he was responsible for pulling the plug on an investigation into Trump University when he served as deputy attorney general for then-Attorney General Greg Abbott. The investigation fizzled in 2010, but when a whistleblower in 2016 accused Abbott ofÃâà...
The Hill (blog)
April 12, 2018
“Having worked side-by-side with David in the Texas Attorney General's Office defending the constitutional rights of Texans, I know firsthand that he will be a principled, passionate defender of the Constitution and the rule of law," Cruz said in the statement. A federal judge on Monday finalized a $25 millionÃâà...
Laredo Morning Times
April 11, 2018
Greg Abbott, who has worked closely with the White House in Trump's first year in office. Abbott has had interactions with the Trump Administration in coping ... Only time will tell, said the governor, a lawyer and former Texas attorney general. The longer the Mueller probe runs without any court action makesÃâà...
Law.com
April 11, 2018
Morales, currently a partner in the Austin office of Kelly Hart & Hallman, served as Perry's chief attorney from 2011 until 2014. From 2007 until 2011, Morales served as assistant Texas attorney general and rose to deputy first assistant under Greg Abbott, then Texas attorney general and now governor.
kicks105.com
April 10, 2018
Governor Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Association of Business CEO Jeff Moseley will be featured speakers at the conference. Scott Waller, Chairman of the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce Board said, “We are excited about this powerful line-up of presenters and lookÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 2, 2018
On Nov. 4, 2013, Greg Abbott filed his 30th lawsuit against President Barack Obama's administration. This time, then-Attorney General Abbott was objecting to Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which had issued a rule warning employers not to impose blanket bans on hiring felons.
Dallas News
March 23, 2018
Greg Abbott was the first Texas governor to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the Governor's Mansion. ... Abbott said his duties as attorney general offered fewer chances to mix and mingle with up- and-coming Indian-Americans than he's had as governor and in charge of business recruitmentÃâà...
Nasdaq
December 31, 1999
Prior to his election in 2014, Greg Abbott was the 50th and longest-serving Attorney General of Texas. As the state's chief law enforcement official, he earned a national reputation for defending religious liberty and for protecting Texas communities and children. He also previously served as a Justice on theÃâà...
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