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Recent News About Texas Attorney General
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Report: Texas AG candidate says state could be ‘independent’
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) — Barry Smitherman, a GOP candidate for Texas attorney general, raised some eyebrows for comments made last week regarding the state’s potential to become independent. -
Texas AG announces $5 million recovery of Medicaid funds
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott -
Our nation’s chief law enforcement officer can’t nullify state law
Our U.S. Constitution is not an exhaustive list of the rights of the people, but it is an exhaustive list of the powers of the federal government. That’s the clear meaning conveyed by the last two amendments in our Bill of Rights. -
Abbott says DOJ ignoring 10th Amendment by suing Texas over voter ID
Despite the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Texas was no longer required to get preclearance from the federal government before making any changes to its voting laws, the Obama administration is suing the state to stop its new voter identification laws. -
Texas AG warns Texans about misleading election advice
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement Monday after learning about allegedly misleading and incorrect election advice being circulated by a lawyer representing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus. -
Abbott defends reforms while critics question his own lawsuit settlement
On a windy day in July 1984, 26-year-old Greg Abbott was out for a jog when a huge oak tree toppled over and crushed him, leaving the future Texas Attorney General paralyzed from the waist down. -
Plaintiffs’ expert says lead paint abatement could cost $1.4 billion
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Research director Dr. David Jacobs of the National Center for Healthy Housing and an authority in abatement procedures testified for plaintiffs Thursday that the cost of a lead paint abatement program could exceed $1.4 billion in the 10 California jurisdictions pursuing a “public nuisance” case against paint manufacturers. -
Texas AG announces $1.4 million settlement with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a $1.4 million settlement with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc. to resolve allegations of Medicaid fraud. -
Lamar wants former department chair dismissed from discrimination suit
Lamar University wants a former department chair dismissed from litigation brought by an instructor who alleges the college discriminated against her after she failed to attend a stage performance with a homosexual theme. -
Texas lawmaker makes bid for AG official
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) — Texas lawmaker Dan Branch made his bid for state attorney general official this week. -
Smitherman seeks Texas AG spot
The chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission has announced he is running for attorney general in 2014. -
Our View: We’re going to miss you, Gov. Perry
Like so many Texans, we were saddened to learn that Gov. Rick Perry will not run for reelection in 2014. We wish him luck in his quest for the U.S. Presidency, if he decides to make a bid for that office again, but we can’t help preferring that he stay on in Austin and add to his towering legacy as the longest-serving and most effective governor in state history. -
Attorney General Abbott to run for Texas governor
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has officially announced he is running for governor in 2014. -
BP plaintiffs lawyer once represented Scruggs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- One of the lawyers representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP also helped represent disgraced Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. -
Perry: I won't seek reelection as governor. TLR praises tort reform record
Rick Perry announced today that he will not seek reelection to the office of governor when his term expires in 2014. -
Report: Texas AG heading up group of AGs concerned with airline merger
FORT WORTH, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is reportedly leading a group of state attorneys general who, along with the U.S. Department of Justice, are looking into a proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger. -
Rebuilding and recovering after tragedies
by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott -
Texas railroad commissioner to run for attorney general
The state’s recently elected railroad commissioner is on track to make a run for the office of Attorney General. -
Discovery ongoing in suit against BISD over public information requests
Discovery is still ongoing in litigation brought by Beaumont attorney David Vann De Cordova Jr., who continues to submit Texas Public Information Act requests to the Beaumont Independent School District, hoping to unearth the inner workings of district. -
Discrimination suit against Lamar slated for winter trial
A winter trial has been slated in litigation brought by an instructor who alleges Lamar University discriminated against her after she failed to attend a stage performance with a homosexual theme.