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Texas Breaks Total Jobs Record For 2 Years Straight
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas breaking all previous records for total jobs for two years…
Governor’s Committee On People With Disabilities Announces 2023 Lex Frieden Employment Award, Poster Competition Winners
The Office of the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD) today announced the winners of…
Governor Abbott, TWC Announce 7th Annual Texas HireAbility Campaign
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is partnering with the Governor's Committee…
Governor Abbott Congratulates Kerrville As 50th Music Friendly Texas Community
Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated the City of Kerrville on being designated by the Texas Music…
Governor Abbott Encourages Texas Students To Participate In Cybersecurity Training
Governor Greg Abbott today encouraged Texas high school and college students to participate in CyberStart America…
Governor Abbott Reappoints Three To Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Eduardo Contreras, Lisa Fullerton, and Omar Veliz to the Small Business…
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Workforce Investment Council
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Johnny Vahalik, Ed.D. and Michelle Harper to the Texas Workforce Investment…
Governor Abbott Appoints Guerra, Shah To Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed John Guerra, D.O. and Shweta Shah, M.D. to the Chronic Kidney…
Governor Abbott Statement On Death Of San Benito Police Officer
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after a San Benito Police Officer was fatally shot…
Governor Abbott Appoints Brown-Duncan To Special Education Continuing Advisory Committee
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lori Brown-Duncan to the Special Education Continuing Advisory Committee for a…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Early Learning Council
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Beatris Mata, Jennifer Stockemer, and Meaghan Young to the Texas Early…
Governor Abbott Announces Clear Lake Shores Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Clear Lake Shores, having completed the multi-step…
Governor Abbott Lauds Formula 1 As Economic Driver For Texas
Governor Greg Abbott today hosted the Formula 1 (F1) Lenovo United States Grand Prix at Circuit…
Governor Abbott Promotes School Choice Momentum At Texas Capitol
Governor Greg Abbott today encouraged Texans to contact their legislators to voice their support for parent…
Governor Abbott Appoints Sindelar To Texas 1836 Project Advisory Committee
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Greg Sindelar to the Texas 1836 Project Advisory Committee for a…
Governor Abbott Proclaims October 15-21, 2023 Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week In Texas
Governor Abbott Proclaims October 15-21, 2023 Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug…
Governor Abbott Honors Fentanyl Victims, Awareness Advocates In San Antonio
Governor Greg Abbott yesterday honored the hard work of Texas families, loved ones, and community members…
Governor Abbott, First Lady Abbott Reflect On Hispanic Heritage Month
Governor Greg Abbott and First Lady Cecilia Abbott today invited all Texans to celebrate the historic…
Operation Lone Star Constructs More Border Wall To Deter Illegal Entry
Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are…
Governor Abbott Proclaims October 2023 Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month In Texas
Governor Abbott Proclaims October 2023 Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month In Texas Among the many illicit drugs…
Governor Abbott Calls On Texas Legislature To Carry Education Freedom Across Finish Line
Governor Greg Abbott last night called on members of the Texas Legislature to expand education freedom…
Governor Abbott Announces JCB Manufacturing Facility Expansion In San Antonio
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that JCB, Inc. (JCB) will construct a new facility to produce…
Governor Abbott Hosts Former UK Prime Minister Truss At Texas Capitol
Governor Greg Abbott today met with Rt. Hon. Liz Truss MP, former Prime Minister of the…
Governor Abbott Announces Governor’s Small Business Summit In San Angelo
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next 2023 Governor’s Small Business Summit will be held in…
Governor Abbott Announces Chandler Music Friendly Texas Community Workshop
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Music Office (TMO), the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, and…
Governor Abbott Celebrates Winners Of Texas Veterans Commission’s Education Excellence Award
Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated the 21 Texas public institutions of higher education honored with the…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $310,000 Career Training Grant To Uvalde CISD
Governor Greg Abbott today announced a Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant of more than $310,000 has…
Governor Abbott Asserts Enduring Support Of Israel At Solidarity Gathering In Austin
Governor Greg Abbott last night asserted Texas’ enduring support of the State of Israel and the…
Governor Abbott Orders Texas Flags Lowered To Half-Staff In Honor Of Lives Lost Amid Act Of War In Israel
Governor Greg Abbott today ordered Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Emergency Services Retirement Board Of Trustees
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Rupal Chaudhari and reappointed Edward Keenan and Rodney Alan Ryalls to…
Governor Abbott Vows Unwavering Support For Israel Amid Act Of War
Governor Greg Abbott today strongly condemned this weekend's acts of war against the State of Israel…
Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To Products From The Gaza Strip
Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To Products From The Gaza StripWHEREAS, Texas and Israel share…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To University Of Houston System Board Of Regents
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tammy Denton Murphy and reappointed Gregory King and Jack Moore to…
Governor Abbott Touts Texas’ Spirit Of Innovation At UP.Summit
Governor Greg Abbott today lauded Texas’ spirit of innovation and ways the state continues to cement…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Angelina And Neches River Authority Board Of Directors
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jenny Sanders and Cory Blaylock and reappointed Eddie Hopkins to the…
Governor Abbott Appoints Rabe To 100th Judicial District Court
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Dale Rabe, Jr. to the 100th Judicial District Court in Carson,…
Governor Abbott Announces Texas Small Business Credit Initiative
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the opening of the Texas Small Business Credit Initiative (TSBCI) and…
Governor Abbott Announces $610,000 Workforce Education Grant For Foster Youth, Victims Of Sex Trafficking
Governor Greg Abbott today announced a Texas Talent Connection grant award totaling $610,000 to support a…
Operation Lone Star Buses Over 50,000 Migrants To Sanctuary Cities
Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are…
Governor Abbott Appoints Granberry As 105th Judicial District Attorney
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed James “Jimmy” Granberry as the District Attorney of the 105th Judicial…
Governor Abbott Appoints Gregory To 90th Judicial District Court
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Phillip Gregory to the 90th Judicial District Court in Stephens and…
Governor Abbott Names James Chair Of Texas Board Of Architectural Examiners
Governor Greg Abbott has named Darren L. James as chair of the Texas Board of Architectural…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $5.1 Million In Grants To 15 Alamo, Hill Country Veteran Service Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 19 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $5.1 million…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.3 Million In Career Training Grants To Nine Texas Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 10 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than…
Governor Abbott Reappoints Grant To Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Jamie D. Grant to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy…
Governor Abbott Appoints Montgomery, Belt To State Securities Board
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Montgomery and reappointed Robert Belt to the State Securities Board…
Governor Abbott Celebrates Texas’ Manufacturing Industry In Harlingen
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Manufacturing Week in Texas and the far-reaching might of the “Made…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $1 Million In Career Training Grants To North Central Texas Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today announced four Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than $1…
Governor Abbott Announces Bertram Music Friendly Texas Community Workshop
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Music Office (TMO), the City of Bertram, and Globe…
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Jasper
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Jasper, having completed the multi-step training and…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $6.4 Million In Grants To Central Texas Veteran Service Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 26 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $6.4 million…
Governor Abbott Hosts Coahuila Governor-Elect Jiménez Salinas At Governor’s Mansion
Governor Greg Abbott yesterday met with Coahuila Governor-Elect Manolo Jiménez Salinas to strengthen the two states’…
Governor Abbott Appoints Nowak To 493rd Judicial District Court
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Christine Nowak to the 493rd Judicial District Court in Collin County…
Governor Abbott Proclaims 2023 Manufacturing Week In Texas
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the strength of our state’s manufacturing sector and the role it…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas State Board Of Examiners Of Marriage And Family Therapists
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Barbara “Barbie” Ezell and Nicole Richardson and reappointed Lisa Merchant, Ph.D.…
Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Commission On Fire Protection
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Amanda Sue Friedeck and reappointed Mike Jones, Bob Morgan, and J.P.…
Governor Abbott Announces Sweetwater Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Sweetwater, having completed the multi-step certification process,…
Operation Lone Star Surges Resources To Combat Biden’s Escalating Crisis
Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are…
Governor Abbott Announces Weatherford Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Weatherford, having completed the multi-step certification process,…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.2 Million In Career Training Grants To Tarrant County Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today announced five Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than $2.2…
Governor Abbott Announces Historic $240 Million For Texas Seaports
Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Transportation Commission has approved a historic $240 million in…
Governor Abbott Rings Closing Bell At New York Stock Exchange
Governor Greg Abbott today rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in…
Governor Abbott Rings Closing Bell At New York Stock Exchange
Governor Greg Abbott today rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in…
Governor Abbott Announces Governor’s Small Business Summit In Beaumont
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next 2023 Governor’s Small Business Summit will be held in…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.5 Million In Career Training Grants To West Central Texas Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today announced six Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than $2.5…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.8 Million In Grants To South Texas Veteran Service Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 18 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling more than $3.8…
Governor Abbott Spotlights National Border Crisis At Manhattan Institute
Governor Greg Abbott today discussed America's unprecedented border crisis and outlined his vision for combatting the…
Governor Abbott Issues Wildfire Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Governor Abbott Issues Wildfire Disaster Declaration In September 2023TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.3 Million In Career Training Grants To North Central And East Texas Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today announced five Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than…
Governor Abbott Celebrates New National Healthcare Research Hub In Dallas
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Dallas being chosen as the location for the new Customer Experience…
Governor Abbott Appoints Winter As Inspector General For Health And Human Services
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Raymond Charles “Ray” Winter as the Inspector General for Health and…
Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Council On Cardiovascular Disease And Stroke
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Remedios “Remmy” Perez Morris to the Council on Cardiovascular Disease and…
Governor Abbott Announces $4.5 Million For Rural Emergency Hospitals
Governor Greg Abbott today announced a $4.5 million grant opportunity awarded by the Texas Health and…
Governor Abbott Reappoints Gravley To North Texas Tollway Authority Board Of Directors
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Lynn Gravley to the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) Board of…
Governor Abbott Champions Education Freedom At Parents Matter Tailgate In Dallas
Governor Greg Abbott last night championed education freedom for all Texas students at a Parents Matter…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.2 Million In Grants To West Texas Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 11 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $2.2 million…
Operation Lone Star Bolsters Border Security To Stem Historic Influx
Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are…
Governor Abbott Deploys More Buses To Border Amid Migrant Surge
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that he has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)…
Governor Abbott Appoints Morales To Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Alex Morales to the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council for a…
Governor Abbott Champions Texas’ Critical Aerospace, Defense Industry In Dallas
Governor Greg Abbott today championed Texas’ world-renowned aerospace and defense industry and the vital role Texans…
Governor Abbott Renews Drought Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Governor Abbott Renews Drought Disaster Declaration In September 2023TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:…
Governor Abbott Renews Border Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Governor Abbott Renews Border Disaster Declaration In September 2023TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: …
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.6 Million In Grants To Panhandle, Concho Valley Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 14 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $3.6 million…
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Forensic Science Commission
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Erika Ziemak and reappointed Jeffrey Barnard, M.D., Mark Daniel, Sarah Kerrigan,…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $11 Million In Career Training Grants Across Texas
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 42 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling over $11 million…
Governor Abbott Encourages Texans To Participate In School Choice Sunday
Governor Greg Abbott today called on Texans to participate in School Choice Sunday on Sunday, October…
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Physician Assistant Board
Governor Abbott has appointed Rao Ali, M.D. to the Texas Physician Assistant Board for a term…
Governor Abbott Announces Graham Music Friendly Texas Community Workshop
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Music Office (TMO) and Visit Graham will co-host a…
Governor Abbott Congratulates 29 Texas National Blue Ribbon Schools
Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated the 29 Texas schools that have been recognized as National Blue…
Texas Again Leads All States For Annual Jobs Growth
Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated Texans and Texas employers on again leading all 50 states for…
Governor Abbott Announces Dalhart Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Dalhart, having completed the multi-step certification process,…
Governor Abbott Celebrates TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Center Renovation Project
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the kickoff of TIRR Memorial Hermann Outpatient Rehabilitation – Kirby Glen…
Governor Abbott Proclaims September 15-October15, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month In Texas
Governor Abbott Proclaims September 15-October15, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month In TexasWhen Texas was but an uncharted…
Texas Named Best Business Climate By Nation’s Corporate Executives
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas being named the nation's best business climate in a triennial survey…
Governor Abbott Reappoints Connett To State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Brent Connett to the State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee for…
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Sweeny
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Sweeny, having completed the multi-step training and…
Governor Abbott Statement On Impeachment Trial Verdict
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement following the Texas Senate's verdict in the impeachment trial…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.95 Million In Grants To Dallas-Area Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 15 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $2.95 million…
Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Governor’s Committee On People With Disabilities
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Neva Fairchild and Lauren Taylor and reappointed Ellen Bauman, Elyse Lieberman,…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $4.1 Million In Career Training Grants To Southeast Texas, Panhandle Schools
Governor Greg Abbott announced 16 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than $4.1 million…
Governor Abbott Appoints De Luca To Governor’s Commission For Women
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Angelique De Luca to the Governor's Commission for Women for a…
Texas Grows Jobs Faster Than Nation, Hits New Historic Highs
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas as America’s jobs leader following the release of August employment…
Governor Abbott Announces Governor’s Small Business Summit In Fredericksburg
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next 2023 Governor’s Small Business Summit will be held in…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.2 Million In Grants To Fort Worth Area Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 12 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $3.2 million…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $154,000 Job Training Grant To Workforce Solutions Panhandle
Governor Greg Abbott today announced a Skills Development Fund (SDF) grant award totaling $154,985 to Workforce…
Governor Abbott Touts Texas’ Manufacturing Might At Schneider Electric In El Paso
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas’ booming tech manufacturing sector at a ribbon cutting ceremony for…
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To OneStar Foundation
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Elexis Grimes and Marlene S. McMichael and appointed Adrianna Cuéllar Rojas…
Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Continuing Advisory Committee For Special Education
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Aaron Bangor, Ph.D. and Marissa Esquivel and appointed Tara Pittman Cevallos,…
Governor Abbott Appoints Douglass As Presiding Officer Of Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed William “Bill” Douglass as presiding officer of the Grayson County Regional…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.8 Million In Grants To East Texas Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced nine Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $1.8 million…
Governor Abbott Hosts German Federal Minister Baerbock In Austin
Governor Greg Abbott yesterday held a meeting with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic…
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Crockett
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Crockett, having completed the multi-step training and…
Governor Abbott Announces Over $6.9 Million In Grants To Gulf Coast Veteran Organizations
Governor Greg Abbott today announced 31 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants totaling over $6.9 million…
Governor Abbott Announces Lufkin Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Lufkin, having completed the multi-step certification process,…