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Court rejects NRA bankruptcy filing, blocking a move to Texas aimed at avoiding legal peril in New York
Gov. Greg Abbott had welcomed the gun rights organization with open arms, saying Texas ‘safeguards the 2nd Amendment.’
The seal for the National Rifle Association at the 142nd annual convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
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The National Rifle Association’s bid to declare bankruptcy so it could restructure, move to Texas and keep New York state authorities at arm’s length has failed.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the embattled gun rights group had acted in bad faith, using a maneuver intended to protect the fiscally insolvent in order to escape legal perils that bankruptcy law was never meant to address.
The system broke : Abbott vows reform after storm in statewide address Nicole Cobler, Austin American-Statesman
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In a rare statewide address Wednesday evening, Gov. Greg Abbott promised answers for Texans after millions went without power and water in last week s winter storm. Many of you are angry, and you have a right to be. I m angry, too, he said. At a time when essential services were needed the most, the system broke. You deserve answers. You will get those answers.
Abbott has called for an overhaul of the entity that operates Texas power grid and said Wednesday that the Texas Legislature must mandate and fund the winterization and stabilization of the state s power infrastructure.
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM click to enlarge Texas AG Ken Paxton Looks like Sen. Ted Cruz wasn t the only widely disliked Lone Start State politico to blow town while millions of Texans were stuck without power during a historic winter storm. According to a Monday
Dallas Morning News report, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a fellow Republican, jetted to Utah to meet with that state s counterpart and take part in the demonstration of a police training program. A Paxton representative confirmed the details to the newspaper. However, the AG s campaign wouldn t reveal when he left on his jaunt.