Texas border deployment gets $480M boost after top Republican leaders move money from other agencies
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
02/26/2022
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Anchía, Rafael; Border security; Budget execution authority; Collier, Bryan; Immigration enforcement; Legislative Budget Board, Texas; McCraw, Steve; Military Department, Texas; Military personnel; Operation Lone Star (Border security); State agency budgets
How Texas went from having weak governors to powerful governors over past 24 years
Austin American Statesman
Moritz, J.
10/24/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bullock, Robert D. 'Bob'; Bush, George W.; Gubernatorial appointments; Gubernatorial powers; Perry, Rick; Scott, John B.; Secretary of State, Texas
Gov. Abbott signs $1.8B border spending bill, funding for Legislature
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
09/19/2021
2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Legislative staff; State budgets
Majority rules? Not in Texas. Not under Gov. Greg Abbott.
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
09/05/2021
3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Approval ratings; Public opinion polls
Legislative session gets testy with 6 days to go: Democrat tells Dan Patrick to put on his 'big boy pants'
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
09/01/2021
7 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Dutton, Harold, Jr.; Legislative staff; Patrick, Dan; State budgets
Funding only a temporary answer to budget drama
Amarillo Globe-News
Editorial
08/11/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative Budget Board, Texas; Legislative staff; State budgets; Supreme Court arguments and decisions, Texas
Texas Supreme Court declines to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott's veto of Legislature's budget
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
08/11/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Separation of powers; State budgets; Supreme Court arguments and decisions, Texas; Turner, Chris
Gov. Abbott has authority to defund legislative branch, Texas Supreme Court rules
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
08/10/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislature, Texas; State budgets; Supreme Court arguments and decisions, Texas; Turner, Chris
The pandemic breaks into Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Ramsey, R.
08/10/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Federal aid; Legislative staff; Public health surveillance; Special sessions; State budgets; Student health
After his veto didn't lure Democrats back to work, Gov. Abbott extends funding for legislative branch
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
08/08/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Salaries; State budgets
Texas House Democrats again deny a quorum as second legislative special session begins
Dallas Morning News
Morris, A.
08/08/2021
3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Gutierrez, Roland; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Leach, Jeff; Lucio, Eddie, III; Rules of the Texas Senate; Voting rights
GOP leaders find funds to extend funding Texas Legislature for another month as turmoil continues
Dallas Morning News
Justin, R.
08/07/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Anchía, Rafael; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Legislative staff; Martinez Fischer, Trey; Patrick, Dan; Phelan, Dade; State budgets; Turner, Chris; Voting rights; Zwiener, Erin
Quorum-breaking Democrats contemplate strategy as Greg Abbott calls 2nd special session
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
08/07/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bowers, Rhetta Andrews; Collier, Nicole; Crockett, Jasmine; González, Jessica; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Johnson, Julie; Neave Criado, Victoria; Shaheen, Matt; Special session proclamations; Taylor, Larry (of Friendswood); Turner, Chris; Voting rights; West, Royce; Whitmire, John
Second special session gets underway
Lufkin Daily News
Ashby, T.
08/07/2021
3 doc(s)
Ashby, Trent; Legislative staff; Property taxes
Abbott calls second special session as House Democrats remain in Washington
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
08/06/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Common Cause; Constitutional amendments; House quorum; Rinaldi, Matt; Special session proclamations; Texas Freedom Network
As Abbott plays politics, Lege staffers held hostage
San Antonio Express News
Rodriguez, D.
08/05/2021
1 TX bill 8 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Legislative staff; López, Ray; Ratliff, Bill; Separation of powers; State budgets; Straus, Joe, III
Groundhog Day in Texas
Longview News-Journal
Ramsey, R.
08/03/2021
2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Unindexed
Democratic walkout creates uncertainty about fall redistricting schedule for Texas Legislature
Dallas Morning News
O'Hanlon, M.
08/01/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Crockett, Jasmine; Election dates; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Redistricting; State budgets; Turner, Chris; Voting rights
Texas voting standoff jeopardizes pay for up to 2,000 workers
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Coronado, A.
07/30/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Separation of powers; State budgets
Analysis: Texas Government Has To Put Humpty Dumpty Together Again
Victoria Advocate
Ramsey, R.
07/30/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Seliger, Kel; State budgets; White, James
Texas Republican Sen. Kel Seliger wants to take away Gov. Abbott's line-item budget veto
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
07/29/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Legislators' salaries and benefits; Seliger, Kel; State budgets
Texas Supreme Court may decide next plot twist in the Democratic walkout, and the fate of 2,100 state employees
Houston Chronicle
Oxner, R.
07/24/2021
1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Phelan, Dade; Separation of powers; State budgets; Supreme Court, Texas
Fleeing Texas should end Democrats' court fight over Abbott funding veto, GOP argues
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
07/16/2021
2 TX bill(s) 7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislature, Texas; Separation of powers
Paxton urges Texas high court to toss Dems' lawsuit over Abbott's veto of legislative funding
San Antonio Express News
Scherer, J.
07/16/2021
1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial candidates; House quorum; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Paxton, Ken; Separation of powers; State budgets; Stone, Judd E.; Supreme Court, Texas
Key concerns about absent Democrats
Dallas Morning News
Staff
07/15/2021
3 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
House quorum; Killer Bees (Legislators); Legislative staff; Legislators' salaries and benefits; Phelan, Dade; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Special sessions
Texans are the losers in this voting-rights brinkmanship
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
07/14/2021
2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
House quorum; Voting rights
‘Fight of our lives.’ Texas Democrats leave the state to block debate on elections bill
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
07/13/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Crockett, Jasmine; González, Jessica; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Legislative staff; Special session length and frequency; Turner, Chris; Voting rights
Texas Democrats flee to DC to stop vote on voter restriction bills
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Lopez, B.
07/13/2021
2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Hughes, Bryan; Phelan, Dade; Voting rights
Texas at fore of fight over voting rights
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
07/12/2021
5 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Election administration; Jordan, Barbara; Patrick, Dan; Turner, Chris; Voting rights; West, Royce; Whitley, David
Texas lawmakers take first steps to restore Legislature’s funding after Abbott’s veto
San Antonio Express News
Barragan, J.
07/11/2021
3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bonnen, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Nelson, Jane
What’s in the GOP-backed Texas election bills: Early voting, mail-in ballots, citizenship checks
Dallas Morning News
Nix, M.
07/10/2021
5 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Election administration
A 'special' session of culture wars, politics and unfinished business
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Ramsey, R.
07/10/2021
4 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Patrick, Dan; Special session potential topics
Gov. Greg Abbott adds transgender sports, abortion, border security to special session agenda
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
07/08/2021
1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bucy, John H., III; Fierro, Art; Huffines, Don; Huffman, Joan; Patrick, Dan; Phelan, Dade; Schwertner, Charles; Special session proclamations; Turner, Chris; West, Royce
Texas lawmakers: Limit your damage to election laws in special session. Then, go home
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Editorial
07/08/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Election administration; Special session proclamations; Voting rights
Summer scrutiny of lawmakers required of all Texans
Waco Tribune Herald
Editorial
07/08/2021
2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Critical race theory; Election administration
Former House, Senate leaders back court challenge to Abbott veto of Legislature's money
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
07/07/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Aycock, Jimmie Don; Davis, Sarah; Gubernatorial vetoes; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Larson, Lyle; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Paxton, Ken; Ratliff, Bennett; Ratliff, Bill; Separation of powers; Smith, Todd; State budgets; Straus, Joe, III; Supreme Court, Texas
What you need to know about the upcoming special session of the Texas Legislature
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Moritz, J.
07/07/2021
1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Election administration; Gubernatorial vetoes; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Legislature, Texas; Ratliff, Bill; Separation of powers; Special session potential topics; State budgets; Straus, Joe, III; Supreme Court, Texas
Former Texas leaders criticize Abbott's legislative funding veto
Houston Chronicle
Goldenstein, T.
07/07/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Ratliff, Bill; Separation of powers; Special session potential topics; State budgets; Straus, Joe, III
Abbott’s veto of legislative branch funding is alarming
Houston Chronicle
Grieder, E.
07/07/2021
2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Larson, Lyle; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Ratliff, Bill; Separation of powers; Straus, Joe, III
Abbott's new ploy to get Texas voting bill passed - hostage-taking of legislative salaries
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
07/07/2021
1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Phelan, Dade; Separation of powers; Voting rights
Texas House Democrats ask for public hearings on election bills in preview of special session tactic
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
07/06/2021
2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Canales, Terry; Citizen political participation; González, Mary; Gubernatorial vetoes; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; Howard, Donna; Israel, Celia; Laney, James E. 'Pete'; Legislative staff; Martinez Fischer, Trey; Moody, Joe; Paxton, Ken; Phelan, Dade; Ratliff, Bill; Straus, Joe, III; Thompson, Senfronia; Voting rights
Noisiest branch of Texas government goes into overtime
Longview News-Journal
Ramsey, R.
07/06/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Special sessions; Texas Legislative Council
Here are the worst acts by Texas governors. How does Greg Abbott’s legislative branch veto compare?
Dallas Morning News
Lieber, D.
07/04/2021
1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Davis, Edmund J.; Ferguson, James E. 'Pa'; Ferguson, Miriam A. 'Ma'; Governors; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislature, Texas; Misconduct in office; Smith, Preston; State budgets; Texas history
Did Gov. Abbott go too far?
Bryan Eagle
McNeely, D.
06/30/2021
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislature, Texas; Separation of powers; Special session potential topics; State budgets; Supreme Court, Texas; Turner, Chris
San Antonio legislative aide takes a stand against Abbott's defunding veto
San Antonio Express News
Garcia, G.
06/30/2021
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; López, Ray; Menéndez, José
Abbott's vetoes as heartless as they are arbitrary
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
06/30/2021
5 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Animal cruelty; Dating violence; Gubernatorial vetoes; Parole
Texas Democrats, civil rights groups form coalition to fight voting restrictions
Houston Chronicle
Goldenstein, T.
06/29/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas Democratic Party; Voting rights
Texas Dems prepare for a voting-bill showdown
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
06/28/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; González, Jessica; Gubernatorial vetoes; House quorum; Legislative staff; Special session potential topics; Supreme Court, Texas; Voting rights
Democrats ask Texas Supreme Court to strike down Abbott veto of money for Legislature
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
06/26/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Separation of powers; Special session potential topics; Supreme Court, Texas; Turner, Chris
Texas House Democrats sue to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of the Legislature’s funding
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
06/26/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Separation of powers; Supreme Court, Texas; Turner, Chris
Democrats ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn Abbott's veto of lawmakers' pay
San Antonio Evening News
Goldenstein, T.
06/26/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Perry, Rick; Separation of powers; Supreme Court, Texas; Turner, Chris
Election bill likely will get attention in special session
Amarillo Globe-News
Editorial
06/24/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Election administration; Phelan, Dade; Special session potential topics
Gov. Greg Abbott to convene special session of Texas Legislature on July 8
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
06/23/2021
3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bail; Critical race theory; Election administration; Patrick, Dan; Special session potential topics
Abbott's veto his biggest tantrum yet
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
06/23/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Martinez Fischer, Trey; State budgets
Beto O'Rourke, Luci Baines Johnson speak at Austin voting rights rally on Father's Day
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
06/22/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial candidates; Gubernatorial vetoes; Johnson, Luci Baines; Legislative staff; O'Rourke, Beto; Public demonstrations; Special session potential topics; State budgets; Turner, Chris; Voting rights
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes part of the state budget that funds Legislature
Austin American Statesman
Villalpando, N.
06/20/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Howard, Donna; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; Phelan, Dade; State budgets; Turner, Chris
Gov. Abbott makes good on threat to veto funding for Texas Legislature, staff as he signs $248.6 billion state budget
Dallas Morning News
Morris, A.
06/19/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Howard, Donna; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; State budgets; Turner, Chris
Abbott vetoes salaries for Legislature
Houston Chronicle
Staff
06/19/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial vetoes; Legislative staff; Legislature, Texas; State budgets
