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Texas has enough lethal drugs for 23 executions, officials say
Statesman.com Texas Politics
May 18Forced to go public by an order from Attorney General Greg Abbott, Texas prison officials late Friday disclosed that they have enough lethal drugs on hand to carry out as many as 23 executions. In a brief statement issued »
State tries to keep legislators from giving depositions on voter ID
Statesman.com Texas Politics
Mar 24Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott this week asked a federal court in Washington to prevent 12 state lawmakers from giving depositions in the state's voter identification case. »
Texas sues federal agency over Women's Health Program
Statesman.com Texas Politics
Mar 17Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit on Friday against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's secretary, a day after federal officials told the state to begin phasing out a Medicaid program in Texas that provides health care f... »
State tries to force challenge of U.S. voting law
Statesman.com Texas Politics
Mar 15Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday made a direct constitutional challenge to a piece of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, which singles out Texas and several other states. »
Doggett district could be sticking point in redistricting case
Statesman.com Texas Politics
Feb 14Attorney General Greg Abbott signaled in a court filing Monday that U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's district could be the sticking point that could prevent a compromise in Texas' ongoing redistricting fight. »
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Delay in voter ID trial requested
Off the Kuff
Apr 26From Michael Li: Intervenors in the Texas voter ID case asked the court today to delay the scheduled July 9 start of trial in the case, citing discovery delays by the State of Texas. The intervenors said the delays had already put the parties at least... »
Greg Abbott duplicates a Susan Combs error
Brains and Eggs
Apr 25More than 13 million Texans had their SSNs left exposed to case lawyers working on the voter ID litigation. The Lone Star Project:A legal brief filed by opponents of the Texas Voter Photo ID law reveals that Attorney General Greg Abbott exposed million... »
There’s no point trying to guess what Rick Perry is going to do
Off the Kuff
Apr 20Rick Perry does not play by your puny rules. He is not constrained by logic, the greater good, or a sense of shame. If you’re an ambitious Republican politician hoping to move up the food chain, you have two choices: Play by his rules and hope that thi... »
Planned Parenthood sues Texas
Off The Kuff
Apr 12Two can play at that game. Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a rule aimed at excluding their health centers from the Medicaid Women’s Health Program. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, asks th... »
Texas’ Voter ID Law is in Trouble
Half Empty
Apr 11You know, this was a non-starter for me. Texas’s conservative legislators have been chomping at the bit to pass a Voter ID law on the false notion that voter fraud was rampant in the Lone Star State when in actual point of fact there have been “fewer t... »
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