The governor has publicly remained silent as pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to step in on behalf of ...

The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the ...

The three-page letter sent Sunday by James Sullivan, Abbott’s general counsel, said only the governor has the constitutional ...

It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who ...

A frantic and unprecedented rush by Texas lawmakers to successfully block the controversial execution of death row inmate ...

The governor's brief tells the state's Supreme Court that the Texas Constitution only grants him the power to grant clemency.

Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, has cost Texas $11 billion so far. The plan ...

Gov. Greg Abbott discussed Texas's Operation Lone Star and the Texas economy during a visit in Corpus Christi with South ...

In a Texas House hearing about a junk science law, a juror who voted to convict death row inmate Robert Roberson said she ...

The brief accounts for Abbott's first public comments on the matter. The governor, who had the ability to grant Roberson a 30 ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order requiring hospitals to ask patients their citizenship status starting ...

After a series of Republicans in the Texas House joined Democrats last year in blocking a law that would have allowed public ...