Greg Abbott

U.S. 05/08/20, 04:04

A Republican, who is responsible for signing bills passed by the Texas Legislature, canceled the jail penalty for breaching social distancing rules and released a mother being held for running her business. Gov. Greg Abbott has criticized a Dallas County judge ...

U.S. 03/25/20, 19:02

President Donald Trump on Wednesday, March 25, declared a major disaster exists in Texas amid concerns over the spread of the CCP Virus (Wuhan coronavirus). The declaration came two days after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the White House for the ...

U.S. 03/17/20, 03:54

Academic readiness exams will be postponed to help prevent the spread of a deadly Asian disease, the governor said. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has relieved elementary and high school students from taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) ...

U.S. 01/25/20, 10:52

Thirty-six percent more Californians moved to live in Texas in 2018 in the latest migration count according to research by the Dallas Morning News reporting on Jan. 23. According to the News, the Texas Association of Realtors reported that more than ...

U.S. 01/13/20, 09:28

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday, Jan. 10, that his state will not accept new refugees in 2020. According to The Associated Press, the decision made Texas the first state to decline refugee resettlement, after President Trump signed an executive ...

Trending 12/31/19, 07:32

Two parish church members who carried firearms to a service prevented hundreds of fellow Texans from being shot to death on Dec. 30, an official said. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has commended two parishioners for neutralizing a gunman ...

Trending 12/31/19, 07:26

New rules allowing firearms to be carried into places of worship helped prevent more lives from being lost at a Texas church shooting on Dec. 30, a religious leader said. Senior Minister Britt Farmer believes a mass shooting that rocked West ...

Trending 12/30/19, 05:30

A front-runner in the Democratic Party's bid for presidency was criticized for describing new rules that permit legal firearms to be brought into places of worship as "absolutely irrational" on Dec. 30. The Daily Wire exposed comments Joe Biden previously made ...

U.S. 07/19/19, 16:43

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Thursday, June 18, signed into law a bill designed to protect Texas businesses from discrimination on the basis of the business owner's religious beliefs. The legislation, known as the "Chick-fil-A bill," is designed to prevent government ...

U.S. 06/21/19, 14:45

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border while accusing Congress of failing to take action on the growing humanitarian crisis. The governor said at an afternoon press ...

U.S. 06/16/19, 11:30

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has approved a spending bill that includes a $1 million public safety campaign for firearm storage. The Republican signed a $250 billion two-year budget Saturday without any line-item vetoes. It includes money for the Texas Department of ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 14:59

Texas restaurants may soon welcome dogs in outdoor dining areas under a new state law that allows patrons to bring their furry companions at a business' discretion.Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law last week that changed the state's ...

U.S. 06/06/19, 14:56

Texas will allow more teachers to have guns in school and will increase mental health services for students under bills that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Thursday as major parts of the state's response to a 2018 mass shooting ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 16:26

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a measure into law on Tuesday that aims to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Texas.Abbott's approval comes as states across the country are using legislation to bolster testing requirements and ...

U.S. 06/02/19, 14:15

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law banning red-light traffic cameras in the nation's second-largest state. House Bill 1361, authored by Republican state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, would prohibit the use of "photographic traffic signal enforcement systems." Abbott tweeted Saturday ...

U.S. 05/27/19, 16:10

Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage.The last-minute move late Sunday sets up a political ...

U.S. 05/23/19, 16:06

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says $1.6 billion in teacher raises are coming in a deal driven by classroom unrest and Republicans who sharply changed course on public education ahead of 2020.The announcement Thursday would make Texas the latest state — ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 23:09

Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the ...

U.S. 05/18/19, 23:02

A South Texas church begins a new chapter of worship on Sunday as it unveils a new sanctuary a year and half after a gunman opened fire and killed more than two dozen congregants in the deadliest mass shooting in ...

U.S. 05/16/19, 23:12

A year after a high school mass shooting near Houston that remains one of the deadliest in U.S. history, Texas lawmakers are on the brink of going home without passing any new gun restrictions, or even tougher firearm storage laws ...