Abbott News

As he's done for almost five decades, Willie Nelson is on the road again and will make a stop at 9 p.m. Saturday in the Mari Showroom of the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville.

A judge in Dallas and state Attorney General Greg Abbott are publicly butting heads over a potentially precedent-setting gay divorce case .

Jeff Salamon is the Austin American-Statesman's books editor and writer, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is a self-described "slow reader." He also has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only American Literature major in history to graduate from college without reading "Moby Dick." As The Reader, Jeff will blather on about ...

Updating this May 15th ILB entry , which quoted a report that: In a court filing Monday, attorneys general for Louisiana and more than a dozen other states joined Abbott in asking for a rehearing by all of the 5th Circuit's judges.

Updating this May 15th ILB entry , which quoted a report that: In a court filing Monday, attorneys general for Louisiana and more than a dozen other states joined Abbott in asking for a rehearing by all of the 5th Circuit's judges.

Attorney General Greg Abbott needs your help locating Child Support Evader Tomas Roman, one of the Most Wanted Child Support Evaders in Texas.

Texans, along with their fellow Americans, will celebrate the Fourth of July with family reunions, fireworks, barbecues, rodeos, baseball games, and dozens of other activities.

Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.

Every two years, the Legislature meets to decide how to spend your money. Its major decisions are tracked daily by the news media and ultimately documented in the state budget, a cinder-block-size document.

By ANNA M. TINSLEY A slew of animal-related bills, ranging from cracking down on puppy mills and cockfighting to letting Texans hunt feral hogs from helicopters, are making their way to state lawmakers.Animal advocates say they hope they are not barking up the wrong tree.'It's a challenge working and trying to promote legislation to protect ...

Appellant Williamson County brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in a suit for property damages resulting from a collision between appellee Dan Voss's vehicle and a tractor owned and operated by the County.

Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion today telling judges that it's fine to require ankle monitoring for truant students.

Willie Nelson, country singer-songwriter, long-haired hippie and philanthropist, has had a prolific music career.