AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – With the runoff election only two weeks away, endorsements from prominent Texas figures are starting to roll in for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said he was “shocked to learn” that 78 Texas school districts, including the Beaumont Independent School District, have failed to meet state-mandated safety measures.
Willett Three of the nine justices on the all-Republican court are seeking re-election, Justice Don Willett, Place 2; Justice David Medina, Place 4; and Justice Nathan Hecht, Place 6.
NEW ORLEANS � Carol Severance can continue to challenge a decision that Hurricane Rita turned her Galveston Island properties into public beaches, even though she sold the properties, U. S. Fifth Circuit appellate judges ruled on Sept. 28.
AUSTIN � As the Supreme Court of Texas struggled for a second time to draw a line between private property and public beach on Galveston Island, money from Washington relieved them of the decision.
Jerry Patterson AUSTIN -- The office of Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says he didn't block the federal National Park Service (NPS) from acquiring a state-owned mountain range now up for sale.
