AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to a public education for all students regardless of legal status, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says that decision is another longstanding precedent worth challenging. The Republican is raising the idea of Texas mounting a renewed challenge over school funding for children […]
Image: A participant holds a sign at a March to the Border Rally, Sept. 25, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, May 3 – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard continue to work to secure the United States-Mexico border, stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, […]
Image: Chihuahua Governor María Eugenia Campos Galván (left) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (right) signed a border security agreement last Thursday, April 14, 2022, in the Texas Governor’s Office. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin and Washington, D.C., April 19 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s sixth bus of illegal aliens arrived at the United States […]
Image: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (center right) met with Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Alejandro Garcia Sepulveda in Laredo on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, to discuss illegal immigration issues. Laredo, Pharr, and Austin, April 15 – On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott day met with Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda at […]
Image: The first of approximately thirty (30) illegal aliens came off the State of Texas bus near Union Square in downtown Washington, D.C., near the United States Capitol on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Washington, D.C., and Austin, April 14 – Governor Greg Abbott yesterday announced the arrival of the first […]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Trump administration officials are pressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an “invasion” along the U.S.-Mexico border and give thousands of state troopers and National Guard members sweeping new authority to turn back migrants, essentially bestowing enforcement powers that have been a federal responsibility. The urging comes as the Republican […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, March 22 – Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are continuing to work together to secure the border, stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas, and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott and First Lady Cecilia Abbott yesterday attended the Divine Liturgy at Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church in Houston, where they joined the parish in praying for peace and protection for the people of Ukraine. Governor Abbott previously declared Sunday, March 13, 2022 as a statewide Day […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, March 8 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday announced the adoption of new rules by the Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office (PSO) to prevent municipalities from defunding their police forces. Governor Abbott signed into law these new pro-law-enforcement requirements in June, 2021. The 87th Texas Legislature passed […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, March 2 – Republican Governor Greg Abbott will face Democrat Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season poised to reshape political power from state capitals to Washington. Both easily won their party’s nomination for governor on Tuesday. Abbott is now in […]