Trump’s border wall would kill a Texas wildlife refuge, Texas’s redistricting trial comes to a close, and University of Texas rookie with the Houston Texans gets arrested in Austin.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott set off a firestorm of controversy yesterday when he bodyslammed a reporter and broke his glasses…Just kidding. That, of course, was Montana’s new Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte. (Yeah, yeah, allegedly bodyslammed.)Let’s try this again. Abbott caused a scandal when he said he could shoot someone in the
Dear Governor Abbott,I just happened to catch your remarks from yesterday afternoon, the ones you made while visiting the Austin gun range to sign the bill that lowers the cost of gun licenses in Texas. The Dallas Morning News story I read said that you celebrated by firing a 9 mm
Governor controls the spotlight as he signs a sanctuary city ban into law.
Our favorite political reads of the week.
The NFL is threatening to pull out of Texas when it comes to event consideration, and the governor is fighting back.
Do sheriffs have to comply with sanctuary city regulations?
Fact checking the governor’s state of the state address.
Can lawmakers invest in the future of Texas children with $2.8 billion less to spend?
Is unsolicited Twitter beef with constituents something we should expect from our politicians going forward?
At a media roundtable, the governor says his office is studying issues like border security and transgender access to bathrooms.
Despite the governor’s rhetoric, welcoming refugees is the Texas thing to do.
Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have a lot to say about protecting police lives—but the biggest threats to officers aren’t toting guns.
What doesn’t the governor know, and how long hasn’t he known it?
Is the governor of Texas really eyeing higher office?
The sad, but triumphant post-rock band from Austin is the latest group to find their music in the hands of politicians.
Why the Texas governor’s call for a convention of the states is worth considering.
His comments about Syrian refugees have gotten him national attention and could push more Texans to follow his lead.
According to the governor, local mayors aren’t allowed to ban firearms in their city halls, and religious charities can only help people he approves of.
We like the president less than the rest of the country, but the real showdown is over Blue Bell.
The Legislative Budget Board is correct about the limits of the line-item veto—but Governor Abbott has plenty of power.
He tipped his hand by backing the governor over the Lege.
They’re in a thankless position in the Lege these days.
Our legislator in chief assesses a spring marked by pre-K budgets, the open carry debate, border security, and a certain kerfuffle over Jade Helm.
Greg Abbott emerged this session as the state’s uncontested leader—despite a few missteps along the way.
No offense to Michael Quinn Sullivan, but he’s never even won a Republican primary runoff, has he?
Greg Abbott is on the edge of whether his first legislative session as governor will end in success or failure.
With more than 200,000 federal military personnel already in Texas, paranoia over the Jade Helm 15 exercise in Bastrop seems absurd.
A partial defense of the conspiracy theorists
On fiscal issues, at least, they have a unified front.
The Lieutenant Governor’s Internet Commenters Council is misreading history, and the Pre-K bill.
A contentious breakfast between the state leadership today ended with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick declaring he was tired of Governor Greg Abbott and Speaker Joe Straus “picking on me.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott paid only $1,718 in federal income taxes in 2014 on an income of $131,118.
The House’s proposal is better than the Senate’s, for at least half a dozen reasons
Governor Greg Abbott insisted today that he is more involved in the legislative leadership than some people think.
With the Legislature in session, Governor Greg Abott is worrying about Congress and the president.
If you find out what Greg Abbott is up to, let the rest of us know.
A new federal disaster preparedness rule is threatening to withhold hazard mitigation money from Texas if state leaders do not embrace climate change as a factor in weather disasters.
Social conservative senators kept three of Governor Greg Abbott’s nominees to the University of Texas board of regents in the nominations committee hot seat for almost six hours Thursday, an unusual grilling for a new governor’s appointments.
Governor Greg Abbott’s honeymoon shadow, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s prayers, and an effort to keep the United Nations out of the Alamo.
Governor Greg Abbott dodges a couple of tough questions on Face the Nation.
In the bright new day of Governor Greg Abbott, Texas and her people are strong and getting stronger, but his State of the State address only polished the edges on some of the major challenges facing the state.
Good news for Texas politicians: despite the change of administration, the big money donors are still willing to give.
What it looks like to celebrate a “new day.”
What Greg Abbott’s nominee to the UT Board of Regents means for the state.
