A Texas board rejects clemency plea from a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case
A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...
Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after lawmakers’ last-minute appeal
A judge granted a request to delay the execution of a man scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a ...
Texas court issues last-minute decision blocking execution of father in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case
Robert Roberson, 57, was set to be executed around 6 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2002 death of ...
US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change
Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee have been questioning whether immigrants without ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s office condemns Texas House lawmakers that intervened in Robert Roberson’s execution
The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the ...
Texas lawmakers ‘stepped out of line’ to delay Robert Roberson execution, Greg Abbott says
The three-page letter sent Sunday by James Sullivan, Abbott’s general counsel, said only the governor has the constitutional ...
Gov. Greg Abbott urges Texas Supreme Court to block Robert Roberson's House testimony
The governor has publicly remained silent as pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to step in on behalf of ...
Gov. Abbott urges Texas Supreme Court to quash death row inmate's testimony to House panel
The governor's brief tells the state's Supreme Court that the Texas Constitution only grants him the power to grant clemency.
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Here's what Gov. Greg Abbott shared with South Texas landowners about the border
Gov. Greg Abbott visited the South Texans' Property Rights Association's annual meeting in Corpus Christi Thursday evening, delivering remarks on border security and the Texas economy. Abbott ...
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Abbott bragged that Texas purged 6,500 noncitizens from voter rolls. That number was likely inflated
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In late August, with a hotly contested presidential election less than three months away, Texas Gov. Greg ...