Tag Archives: Gov. Greg Abbott

Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott’s state-funded program to bus migrants to cities run by Democrats reached a national fever pitch on Thursday, with buses dropping people off outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’ D.C. residence. What started in the spring as a publicity stunt to draw the …

  Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Sept. 13, 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined 21 Republican governors Monday urging President Joe Biden to scrap his student loan relief plan, asserting that the thousands of dollars in individual debt relief would harm the working class. The governors wrote in a letter …

Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune As Gov. Greg Abbott expands his program to bus migrants into a third major metro, inciting a fresh feud with a new Democratic mayor, immigration rights experts say the Republican governor who is working to crack down on illegal immigration is actually establishing one of …

Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. A little over a year ago, Nancy Thompson, an Austin mother of three kids, stood alone for two and half hours in front of the Texas Capitol with a sign that said “Mothers Against Greg Abbott.” She was …

Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas is now busing migrants from the Mexican border to New York City, the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city over the influx at the border. Abbott’s office said the first bus to New …

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune A school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The end of a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion. A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead …

By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune May 24, 2022 Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County on Tuesday, making the massacre the deadliest school shooting in Texas’ history. [“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their …

By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune April 6, 2022 Responding to the recent announcement that the Biden administration will lift a pandemic-era immigration policy that allows authorities to turn away migrants, Gov. Greg Abbott promised drastic, “unprecedented” action to curb what is expected to be a significant influx of migrants …

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott won his Republican primary outright Tuesday, capping a year during which he faced vocal challengers from his right. While largely expected, the decisive victory allows Abbott to fully focus on the general election, where he will face Democrat …

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies Tuesday to investigate reports of gender-affirming care on minors, following an official opinion from state Attorney General Ken Paxton that called the treatment a form of “child abuse” under Texas law. In a letter to the Department of Family and Protective Services …

By Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune Jan. 17, 2022 Texans will head back to the polls — from Feb. 14-25 for early voting and on election day, March 1 — for the 2022 primary election. Here’s an overview of what Texans need to know about casting a …

A federal judge has ruled that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s executive order that bans public schools from imposing mask mandates cannot be enforced because it violates federal law by putting students with disabilities at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of Austin also blocked Texas Attorney …

On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State over certain restrictive voting procedures imposed by Texas Senate Bill 1, which was signed into law in September. “Our democracy depends on the right of …

On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates from being implemented by any “entity in Texas.” “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, …

Texas has announced it is conducting an audit of the 2020 general election in four counties. In a brief statement on Thursday, the office of the state’s Secretary of State said they had the authority to conduct “a full and comprehensive forensic audit of any election” and has begun doing …