Abbott Orders Changes After $110M No-Bid Contract Scandal
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is ordering stricter rules for state contracts with private companies even before the new protocols become law.
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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is ordering stricter rules for state contracts with private companies even before the new protocols become law.
The "two-thirds rule," which had required 21 of the Senate's 31 members to agree before beginning debate on proposed legislation.
The Texas unemployment rate slipped to 4.6 percent in December for a fourth straight month of declines.
Rick Perry formally left the governor's office after 14 years -- and he celebrating on Tuesday by going for the same ice cream that he got after his infamous mug shot last summer.
Amid all the pomp and circumstance during his inauguration, Texas' new Governor Greg Abbott had a moment of clarity. "This moment was highly improbable," he said.
Tea party favorite Dan Patrick has been sworn in as Texas' new lieutenant governor and will oversee the powerful state Senate.
After spending 14 years as the governor, Rick Perry watched as his successor is sworn into the office on Tuesday.
For the first time in 14 years, Texas will swear in a new Governor.
Governor-elect Greg Abbott raised a lot of eyebrows when he criticized locally-approved ordinances such as Denton's ban on fracking and Dallas' ban on plastic bags -- calling it the "Californication" of Texas.
A former top deputy of Republican Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is taking over the Texas Department of Insurance.
The longtime director of the Texas Music Office says Gov.-elect Greg Abbott has chosen not to keep him and already has a replacement in mind.
Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz are among several powerful Texas Republicans scheduled to attend the swearing-in of new state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Country stars Lady Antebellum and Pat Green are booked to perform at the inauguration ball for Republican Gov.-elect Greg Abbott.
Texas is one of the few states with ban on the open carry of handguns that could change in 2015, with push for expanded gun rights.
The federal government has denied Texas in the state's application for up to $120 million in grants that would have helped to pay for pre-kindergarten programs.
Four more states have joined a Texas-led coalition suing the Obama administration over executive action on immigration.
Gov.-elect Greg Abbott says his administration's top priorities will be bolstering early education, securing the Texas-Mexico border, cutting taxes and pumping $4 billion annually into a traffic-clogged state road network.
Texas is leading a 17-state coalition in suing over the Obama administration's recently announced executive actions on immigration.
Gov.-elect Greg Abbott appears poised to keep his promise and sue the Obama administration over executive actions on immigration — the 31st time he's filed suit against the federal government since 2009.
Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is pledging to challenge President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration in court.
Republican Gov.-elect Greg Abbott has chosen a new Texas secretary of state in his first nomination since his landslide victory last week.
Drug testing for welfare recipients and another crack at a statewide texting-while-driving ban are among bills lawmakers are filing ahead of the first legislative session under Gov.-elect Greg Abbott.
Governor-elect Greg Abbott is set to reveal his plans on Tuesday for the transition into his new job. The Republican attorney general officially takes office on January 20.
Exit polls show that Wendy Davis fared no better with women than her male Democratic predecessor in 2010, despite her widespread recognition and aggressive campaign.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Greg Abbott said that he's done celebrating. "It is time to put the election behind us and to begin a process of going to work," he said.
