Governor Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has published his 2024 Report to the People of Texas, reflecting on the accomplishments of 2023, and outlining his vision for the year ahead.

If you have lived in the Ark-La-Tex for very long you already know how deep the roots of music run in East Texas, especially in Linden, Texas. Now the whole state can learn about what we already knew, that Linden, Texas is a Music Friendly Texas Certified Community.

Texas once again has hit big in the jobs numbers department as Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement celebrating the release of July employment numbers by the Texas Workforce Commission showing a continuing jobs surge here in the Lone Star State.

The Texas House of Representative Report on the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas came out over the weekend and it's an unbelievable cluster of mistake after mistake, the tragic results of those mistakes will be felt for decades in the Lone Star state. If you haven't seen the report there is a very well-done article on the Texas Tribune site, that breaks down the main takeaways. Rea

Texas Governor Greg Abbott launched the Concert Safety Taskforce back in November as part of a response to the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival where 10 people died and over 300 were injured during crowd surging. The question is, are they making any progress, it would seem they are according to the governor's office.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Wednesday (December 8) issued a statement regarding the Texas Workforce Commission's (TWC) letter to Texas employers that clarifies the state's law on COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace.

That's not just any ol' sea of cowboy hats, those are the Resistol brand hats of the Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers and the largest graduating class in the history of the DPS. Addressing our fine new Troopers is Texas Governor Greg Abbott congratulating the graduating members of the DPS A-2021 class and thanked them for their service to the Lone Star State.

Texas restaurants finally got some great news yesterday when Alcohol-to-Go was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature.

Governor Greg Abbott Tuesday announced that the Texas Division of Emergency (TDEM), the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), and the Texas Military Department (TMD) have announced 34 counties, including Bowie County, participating in the second week of the Save Our Seniors COVID-19 vaccine initiative. During the first week of the initiative, the Governor announced 26 participating cou

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the White House has issued a Federal Emergency Declaration for Texas in response to the severe winter weather throughout the state. The Governor submitted a request for this declaration on Saturday to assist the State in response to efforts related to the storm.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has launched the Texas Rent Relief Program — the first statewide rent and utility assistance program for qualifying households throughout Texas. This program has been created to administer the more than $1 billion allocated to Texas through the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus bill. TDHCA will b

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the State of Texas has prepared allocation plans to swiftly distribute medicines and vaccines that are now becoming available to treat COVID-19.