Attorney General Greg Abbott, ... when the Texas Ethics Commission fined Chief Justice Nathan Hecht $29,000 for violating campaign finance rules by getting a $167,200 discount on legal fees.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed one of his office's former lawyers to the Texas Supreme Court and another to replace the court's Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, who retired last month. Abbott's ...

Blacklock will succeed former Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the longest-serving member in the court's history who retired effective Dec. 31. Blacklock thanked Hecht for his wisdom and leadership in ...

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named James Sullivan as a justice Monday. Blacklock succeeds Nathan Hecht, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday promoted Justice Jimmy Blacklock to chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and appointed his legal adviser James Sullivan to fill an open spot on the all-Republican ...

Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.He replaces Nathan Hecht, the court’s longest serving justice ...