GREG ABBOTT

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has named a non-Texan as its new CEO.

The largest fund for those affected by the May 24 massacre is still months away from distributing most of the $16 million it has raised. Some families are turning to smaller donations to get by.

The board of Texas' main power grid operator, ERCOT, announced the hiring of new CEO Pablo Vegas on Tuesday.

In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access.

A new poll is showing how Gov. Greg Abbott still maintains a lead over Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.

Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in the gubernatorial race, a new poll shows.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, police responded to a migrant bus where some were allegedly panhandling, according to a report. The bus was headed for the East Coast from Texas.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has maintained a 7-point lead over Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke in the Lone Star state’s governor’s race, new polling shows. The Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll showed Abbott’s 46 to 39 percent lead over O’Rourke remained steady since May. Abbott pulled the bulk of his support from…

Gov. Greg Abbott this week announced the reappointment of an Edinburg native to the board that oversees a retirement fund for volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott this week announced the reappointment of an Edinburg native to the board that oversees a retirement fund for volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel in Texas.

When he appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” last week, Gov. Greg Abbott kept...

After the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, state Republicans near-unanimously lined up behind Trump—before further details left them silent.

New York City was not initially a destination when the Texas governor began busing...

New York City was not initially a destination when the Texas governor began busing asylum-seekers east. That changed after NYC Mayor Eric Adams launched his war of words against Abbott, who’s now sending hundreds to the Big Apple.

The announcement​ comes in response to the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, when a gunman entered the school and killed 19 students and two teachers.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while criticizing the ease in which the Uvalde elementary school gunman obtained an AR-15-style rifle.

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke unleashed a profanity-laced outburst Wednesday, breaking his previous pledge to no longer use the F-word.

O’Rourke confronted a heckler at a campaign event Wednesday who laughed while he was talking about the Uvalde school shooting, telling the person, “It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it is not funny to me.”

Beto O'Rourke wasn't having it, confronting a heckler laughing over Uvalde. "It may be funny to you, (expletive). But it’s not funny to me."

Gov. Greg Abbott said the district superintendent requested additional officers for the upcoming school year to make everyone feel safer.

Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke unleashed the expletive on a man who laughed about the Uvalde school massacre.

Beto O'Rourke stopped his speech about gun control and the Uvalde, Tex., mass shooting to confront the heckler: "It may be funny to you ... but it’s not funny to me.”

Mothers Against Greg Abbott has grown into a potent political force in the governor’s race, with a membership of over 50,000 on Facebook. The group recently caught more attention after releasing ads that have gone viral on social media.

Opinion: In the law enforcement world, bad actors are hired and let go over and over, yet continue to find employment.

The implication seems to be that doctors can fail you, repeatedly, without fear of accountability (despite most of them having malpractice insurance). I’ve been told that only doctors who injure you will be taken to court. First, Mr. Abbott’ efforts to secure the Texas/Mexico border have proven to be a thankless job. Secondly, it would appear that many in Texas don’t seem to think that a massive influx of unvetted immigrants crossing the Texas/Mexico border is a big deal. Some of the committee members have been threatened, their families threatened, and their home addresses divulged publicly.

President Biden and his administration are ending the "Remain in Mexico" border policy, that the Trump administration started.

The Texas governor has bused thousands of migrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., since April.

The New York City mayor accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of fabricating a crisis after a second busload of migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday.

More than 30 Department of Public Safety officers will patrol the campuses of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District as students and teachers head back to class in the wake of the school shooting.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he is considering sending a busload of New Yorkers to Texas in order to help campaign against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Locked in a potentially tight reelection race and facing criticism over the grid’s 2021 collapse, the governor is exerting unprecedented influence over what the state grid operator shares with the public — and who will be its next CEO.

Right-wing social media shit a collective brick over Kamala Harris' recent meeting with disability advocates.

What signal was Abbott trying to send when he appointed an Austin cop indicted for using excessive force to the state agency that regulates police licensing and training?

The governor said Tuesday he has agreed to debate his Democratic opponent, who is calling for more debates, on Sept. 30 in Edinburg.

The governor said Tuesday he has agreed to debate O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.

The governor said Tuesday he has agreed to debate O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.

If both candidates agree, Abbott and O’Rourke will square off in Edinburg on Sept. 30

Without a jolt of funding, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department will struggle to hire workers and regain control over the safety and treatment of almost 600 incarcerated youth, its acting director told lawmakers at a hearing.

Gov. Greg Abbott accepted an invitation on Tuesday to debate his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in September.

The candidates have not agreed on a date for a debate, and the Democrat wants three joint town hall events in locations across Texas.

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.

More than a dozen laws were passed in 2019 focused on school safety after the Santa Fe school shooting. KSAT Explains what is in those laws and what other measures state officials have taken since the laws were enacted.

The Texas governor has been busing thousands of migrants to East Coast cities since April and has added New York City as the latest destination.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is shipping immigrants to blue cities — but the surge in new arrivals those places precedes his efforts.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he has used thousands of innocent people as "political pawns."

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.

Abbott announced on Friday that Texas would officially begin sending migrants to Democrat-led New York City.

Any school choice policy must win over rural Republicans, who have historically been against diverting public dollars to private schools.

It is just a small portion of asylum seekers that have been transported from border towns since April, when Abbott began putting migrants on buses to Democrat-run cities.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams lashed out at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after a second bus full of illegal migrants arrived in the Big Apple, calling the Republican's move "horrific."

In an expansion of the governor’s plan to bus migrants from the Texas border to East Coast cities, 64 asylum-seekers arrived in New York City over the weekend.

Governor Greg Abbott and his GOP cronies have raised your property taxes through the roof and run the state into the ground. | Opinion

Greg Abbott has appointed an indicted Austin police officer accused of using excessive force during 2020 protests to Texas’ regulatory law enforcement agency. Justin Berry was among 19 Austin police officers indicted earlier this year in the protests spurred by the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. He also ran as a Republican for Texas House District 19 but lost in the primary runoff election this year. “The demands and expectations of today’s professional police officer have never been so great,” Berry said about his appointment via Twitter. “He doesn’t care about the national conversation that happened in 2020, where every state had some form of protest for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, you know.

Texas Republican officials at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday prodded attendees to suit up for a “red wave” in the upcoming November midterm elections, criticizing federal immigration policy and inflation while boasting about Texas’ economic successes. Texas Democrats condemned the GOP for openly welcoming a world leader with a polarizing international reputation. “We have to revitalize our churches, our families, our universities and our community institutions.”The event’s lineup features a bevy of GOP Texas officials including Cruz, Gov. Newsom recently ran newspaper ads in Texas that criticized GOP leaders for their policies on guns and abortions. Patrick also used his speech to appeal for GOP unity in Texas now that the primaries are over.

Justin Berry was among 19 Austin police officers indicted earlier this year, accused of using excessive force against people protesting the murder of George Floyd.

Justin Berry was among 19 Austin police officers indicted earlier this year, accused of using excessive force against people protesting the murder of George Floyd.

Viktor Orbán appeared at the convention in Dallas after saying last week that Europeans “do not want to become peoples of mixed race.” Texas officials attending, though, stayed focused on criticizing Democrats.

Greg Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

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 York City would arrive Friday morning at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It comes months after Texas began offering migrants bus rides to Washington, D.C., where the mayor, Muriel Bowser, has said the city is now being overwhelmed. The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, has also expressed alarm, leading Abbott to invite Bowser and Adams to tour the border Monday. “In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said in a news release.

The Pentagon has rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance for the thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states.

The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in what the mayor has called a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to provide Guard personnel and the use of the D.C. Armory to assist with the reception of migrants into the city, according to U.S. defense officials. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday that the district may send an amended, “more specific” request, adding that she believes this is the first time a D.C. request for National Guard has been denied.

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

“The globalists can all go to hell,” the authoritarian populist said in Dallas. “I have come to Texas.”

A New York official admonished Abbott for using human beings as political pawns, calling the move an 'embarrassing stain on the state of Texas.'

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington D.C. Neither the local nor federal government greets them when they arrive.

HHSC said it was initially told the plan was “not approvable.” Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texas’ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.

Gov. Abbott sticks to his core campaign messages in a question-and-answer session with conservative hosts.

Beto O'Rourke released an ad where a Texas teacher recalls his terrifying experience of a school lockdown three days after the Uvalde shooting.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is urging American conservatives to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration, and fight for the next U.S. presidential election as a pivotal moment for their beliefs.

A summit focusing on immigration, criminal organizations and narcotics smuggling along the southern border was hosted by Fox News on Wednesday in Edinburg and attended by local ranchers, law enforcement, Gov. Greg Abbott, Democrat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and Republican U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores.

The governor is being hammered by his rival over vouchers — a political hot potato for the GOP — in rural Texas, where Dems seek to do better.

O’Rourke is hammering Abbott over vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers are a political hot potato for Republicans.

A Uvalde teacher said the private meetings Greg Abbott had with the families of the mass shooting victims were all for show.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is providing more than $300 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for the month of August.

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he couldn’t stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey are sending migrants to the nation’s capital to prove a point about President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.

The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states.

Two civil rights groups have expanded their request for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Operation Lone Star, citing evidence of risky pursuits and more frequent traffic stops of Hispanic drivers.

The Uvalde City Council joined county commissioners and the Uvalde CISD school board in passing a resolution calling on Governor Greg Abbott to call for a special session to change gun laws.

Uvalde City Council members are expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session of the legislature to consider raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic assault rifles.

As companies like Samsung and Texas Instruments expand their operations in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders are backing federal efforts to grow the industry.

A divided federal appeals court panel is backing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that forbids school districts from imposing mask mandates on schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide.

Mandy Gutierrez, in her first year as principal, is the third local official to be suspended as a result of the shooting on May 24.

The gunman who killed 19 elementary students and two teachers bought the assault rifle he used after turning 18 just days before the massacre.

Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May.

Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May.

Two Republican border-state governors who are investing billions of dollars on immigration enforcement have found indirect support from the Democratic mayors of Washington and New York.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate O’Rourke is taking on incumbent Abbott in the November general election. Both have raised millions of dollars so far.

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died.

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died.

The full Texas House Investigative Report, as well as hallway and body cam footage from inside Robb Elementary have now been released. However the shooting victims' families are telling their state Senator Roland Gutierrez, that's not enough.

Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina released a scathing statement aimed at Texas policymakers on Monday.

In 2019, Texas legalized hemp, but not marijuana. The new law led to confusion about which marijuana products are legal in Texas. Meanwhile, support for legalizing the drug remains high in polling, and other cannabis-derived products like delta-8 have emerged.

It’s O’Rourke’s largest-ever donation as he runs for governor against Greg Abbott. Abbott, however, maintains a massive fundraising advantage and is no stranger to seven-figure contributions.

Attendees in Dallas seemed energized by the state’s abortion ban, lax gun laws and power grid failures. But they also knew they face major headwinds.

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.