Maverick and Uvalde counties are among the five newest counties that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott added to his disaster declaration following this week’s devastating flooding across Texas, his office announced on Wednesday.

In response to severe weather threats along the Gulf Coast due to Tropical Storm Nicholas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday ordered the Texas State Operations Center (SOC) to increase its readiness to Level II (Escalated Response).

Just four days after testing positive for COVID-19, Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he has received a negative test result for the virus.

Gov. Greg Abbott met with Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, law enforcement, state and local officials to discuss border security Saturday afternoon in Del Rio.

Gov. Greg Abbott is meeting with sheriffs from multiple communities to discuss border security Saturday afternoon at the Texas State Capitol.

According to a recent report from national industry-backed conservative groups, Texas Gov. ALEC has a large footprint at the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature, serving up fill-in-the-blank bills and campaign funds to Republican legislators. The only Democrat governor that made the top 10 in the report was Colorado Governor Jared Polls, who came in ninth. Abbott, who is serving his second term as Texas governor, has received criticism on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic from both Republicans and Democrats in 2020. Texas isn’t the only state seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases and deaths and some states are imposing tighter restrictions.

LUBBOCK, Texas – More Lubbock firefighters are being deployed to California to help fight the devastating wildfires on the West Coast. This second group of firefighters will relieve the first group that was sent over last month, according to the fire department. They were first deployed to California on Aug. 21., according to the fire department. More Lubbock firefighters are flying out of Amarillo to California today to relieve the first group that deployed in... Posted by Lubbock Fire Department on Sunday, September 13, 2020These teams of Texas firefighters are among several others and emergency personnel that were called on by Gov. RELATED: Texas firefighters, support personnel deployed to California to fight wildfiresThe governor issued the order Friday, deploying approximately 190 firefighters, 50 fire trucks, and 10 command vehicles from 56 Texas fire departments.

A team of Texas firefighters and support personnel are working to help combat the devastating California wildfires under Governor Greg Abbott’s order. The governor issued the order Friday, deploying approximately 190 firefighters, 50 fire trucks, and 10 command vehicles from 56 Texas fire departments. The teams were deployed to California Friday. As of Friday, the Lightning Complex fire has burned 372,971 acres in Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Merced County, and San Benito County, ABC 7 reports. The deployment of the Texas response team was made possible through the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS).

SAN ANTONIO – Twelve hospitals across the San Antonio area will receive 63 cases of the antiviral drug Remdesivir in an effort to help COVID-19 patients recover. This comes after a surge in coronavirus cases over the course of the last few weeks in the San Antonio area and in the state of Texas. “As Texas faces an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, we remain committed to providing healthcare professionals with the resources they need to respond to this surge and support COVID-19 patients,” Abbott said. “The State of Texas is grateful to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their continued assistance to equip Texas hospitals with Remdesivir. RELATED: San Antonio man says anti-viral drug Remdesivir helped him recover from COVID-19

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission suspended liquor permits for two bars that defied Gov. Greg Abbotts executive order to shut down in order to stop the spread of COVID-19, according to a release. TABC agents visited 628 bars across Texas on Friday, finding 30 originally in violation of Gov. Abbotts order. Following conversations with agents, 28 of those bars then agreed to shut their doors, according to the release.

That same day, the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court in an effort to expand who qualifies for mail-in voting in Texas. Under current Texas Election Code, anyone can apply to vote by mail, but applicants have to list a reason. Paxton and other critics have cited concerns about voter fraud being a primary factor to not allow an expansion of mail-in voting in Texas. On May 14, a state appeals court upheld Sulaks temporary order to expand mail-in voting, but Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to intervene. This weeks episode of KSAT Explains will focus on the battle brewing across Texas over the proposed expansion of mail-in voting.