Texas Politics
Blogging politics, elections and the Capitol with the Austin bureau
Abbott seeks to stop Obama’s immigration action
AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott on Friday evening asked a federal court to stop President Barack Obama’s execution action on immigration as three more states joined the incoming governor’s latest lawsuit against the president. The motion for a preliminary injunction comes two days after Texas and 16 other states sued Obama over the action, […]
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RickPAC slowed political spending in election homestretch
AUSTIN — After spreading tens of thousands of dollars around to Republicans in states that could mean a lot to his political future, Gov. Rick Perry’s political action committee kept a lower profile during the final few weeks before Election Day, according to its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. Of the more than […]
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Behold! Atheists CAN run for office in Texas
AUSTIN – Texas atheists, breathe a sigh of relief. While it may not be easy for you to be elected to public office here if you fly the banner of secularism, the state Constitution won’t bar you from running. The issue of religious preference and who is eligible to run for Texas political office was exhumed […]
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Cruz conservatives abandon GOP leaders on anti-Obama vote
The difference between Tea Party and establishment Republicans is often described as a question of tactics, not substance. Thursday’s 219-197 House vote to block President Obama’s executive action on immigration was a demonstration of tactical diversity, even within the Ted Cruz bloc of House conservatives. Only seven Republicans opposed the measure, which the junior senator […]
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New surge dollars will allow DPS to triple surveillance cameras on the border
AUSTIN— The Department of Public Safety is readying to more than triple the number of surveillance cameras it operates along the Mexico border as part of the next phase of an ongoing law enforcement surge on the border. DPS Director Steve McCraw on T…
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Abbott supports courthouse nativity scene…again
AUSTIN – Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday he supports the right of a county judge in northeast Texas to display a nativity scene on courthouse grounds, and as governor would advocate on behalf of the judge if he’s sued over the issue. The Washington, D.C.-based American Humanist Association sent a letter on Nov. 24 demanding […]
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Abbott skeptical Panetti too delusional for execution
AUSTIN — Gov.-elect Greg Abbott expressed skepticism Thursday morning that convicted killer Scott Panetti is too mentally ill to be legally executed, wading into the issue a day after a federal appeals court granted Panetti a reprieve. “Anyone can do strange things, and if strange things were good enough to get criminals off of Death […]
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Endorsements, fundraising prove to be flashpoints in SD18 debate
AUSTIN — The three Republicans vying to replace state Sen. Glenn Hegar laced an otherwise low-key debate Tuesday night with thinly veiled digs at each other over the high-profile endorsements and big money that have come to define the race. On the last day of early voting for the special election in Senate District 18, […]
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