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Abbott takes shot at Houston judges as legislative session kicks off

Jan 14, 2025 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

Gov. Greg Abbott comments on the potential increase of illegal immigration from Venezuela during a press conference at the DPS Southeast Texas Regional Headquarters in Houston. Kirk Sides/Staff photographerIt did not take long on the first day of the Legislature’s sessionfor Gov. Greg Abbott to resume hostilities against the state’s largest city.
Abbott orders flags at full-staff for Trump inauguration, flouting Bid

Jan 13, 2025 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

Flags fly at half-staff in memorial to former President Jimmy Carter during a winter snow storm at Union Station in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Carter died at age 100.Matt Rourke/APPresident Joe Biden and Gov. Greg Abbott are in a bit of tug of war over the stars and stripes.
Congress is weighing a new bill to carry on Sheila Jackson Lee's work

Nov 22, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Patrick Semansky/APMembers of Congress unveiled a new bipartisan push to honor the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and her legacy fighting human trafficking. U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, announced on Friday that he had refiled a bill he worked on with Jackson Lee before her death.
Gov. Greg Abbott is adding more buoy barriers along the border

Nov 20, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

State law enforcement officers stand guard as workers install a string of buoys to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 14, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar/For The Texas TribuneGov. Greg Abbott is making good on his promise to expand the floating buoy barrier along the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from entering the state near Eagle Pass, even as border crossings have declined dramatically there.
What happens if Donald Trump calls on Texas officials to go to Washington?

Nov 8, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

Former President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Texas Governor Gregg Abbott while coming onto stage after receiving Abbotts's endorsement for President during a rally at the South Texas International Airport in Edinburg, TX, on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Marvin Pfeiffer/Staff PhotographerSpeculation is running rampant that President-elect Donald Trump could pick Texas Republicans, such as Gov. Greg Abbott or Attorney General Ken Paxton, for various roles in his next administration.
John Cornyn in running for majority leader after GOP's Senate gains

Nov 6, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

United States Senator John Cornyn speaks with reporters during the Texas GOP convention at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Friday, May 24, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. Josie Norris/San Antonio Express-NewsWith Republicans retaking the majority in the U.S. Senate this week, Texas Republican John Cornyn is in a position to fill a key role in Congress that no Texan has held since Lyndon B.
Which Texans could be in the running for Trump administration roles?

Nov 6, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein |Jeremy Wallace

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tapes an endorsement for a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals candidate during a campaign rally on Feb. 7, 2024, in Wylie, Texas. Smiley N. Pool/TNSU.S. Rep Wesley Hunt (R-TX) speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Here are five key takeaways from Election Day in Texas

Nov 6, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz addresses his supporters at a watch party at Marriott Marquis Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Houston.Elizabeth Conley/Staff PhotographerU.S. Senator Ted Cruz addresses his supporters at a watch party at Marriott Marquis Hotel on Tuesday, Nov.
Colin Allred hits Ted Cruz on abortion bans in final message to voters

Nov 2, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred speaks at a Vice President Kamala Harris rally Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographerDALLAS – U.S. Rep. Colin Allred returned to a familiar theme in a closing message to voters in his hometown on Saturday. Speaking to hundreds of supporters just miles from where he went to high school, the Democrat blasted U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz invokes border security in final messaging to Texas voters

Nov 1, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Jeremy Wallace

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a bus tour campaign rally at the Shiner Park venue on October 18, 2024 in College Station, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesBorder crossing numbers are down to their lowest point in four years, but that isn’t stopping U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz from hammering away at the issue in his closing message to voters as he crisscrosses the state. While most of his ads have attacked his Democratic rival, U.S. Rep.