The Week in the Rearview Mirror

Gov. Greg Abbott hailed a federal judge's decision Monday to halt President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration — a decision that gave the state of Texas an initial victory in its battle against what state leaders call federal overreach.

Abbott laid out five emergency matters — early education, higher education research, transportation, border security funding and ethics reform — in his first State of the State address this week, in which he extolled Texas as "the pinnacle of America's economy."

Two Austin women made history Thursday when they became the first gay couple to legally wed in the state. But after the Texas Supreme Court intervened, attorneys for the state and for the couple disagreed on whether the marriage is valid.

State Rep. José Menéndez handily won election on Tuesday to the state Senate after a high-dollar, contentious race against House colleague Trey Martinez Fischer. Other winners included Leighton Schubert in HD-13, John Cyrier in HD-17 and Diego Bernal in HD-123.