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Governor Abbott Creates Leadership Team To Bring United States Space Academy To Texas

Governor Greg Abbott today announced the creation of a leadership team to secure Texas as the permanent home of the United ...
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Governor Abbott Directs TWDB To Penalize Data Center Reporting Failures

Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to compel major water users, including data ...
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Governor Abbott Presents More Than $5.8 Million In Grants For South Texas Veterans Groups

Governor Greg Abbott today awarded more than $5.8 million in Funds for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grants to 21 organizations ...
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Governor Abbott Announces TDI Action On Property Insurance Costs

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), in response to his August 24 directive, ...
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Governor Abbott Announces SBA Assistance For South-Central Texas Communities Following Bexar County Severe Storms

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved his request to include ...
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Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.3 Million In Career Training Grants For West Central Texas Schools

Governor Greg Abbott today announced four Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling $1,327,075 have been awarded to ...
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Governor Abbott Announces 2026 Lone Star Ribbon Schools

Press Release. Governor Greg Abbott today announced that 25 Texas public schools have been named 2026 Lone Star Ribbon ...
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Governor Abbott appoints three to Texas Early Learning Council

Governor Greg Abbott appointed Jan Lacina, Ph.D., Jennifer Vincent, and Jennifer Warren, Ed.D. to the Texas Early Learning ...
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Governor Abbott Requests SBA Disaster Declaration For Bexar County Severe Storms

Governor Greg Abbott requested a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration for South-Central Texas ...
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Governor Abbott Announces Latest Slate Of Appointments

This week, Governor Greg Abbott selected multiple qualified candidates to serve on behalf of Texans.
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Texas Leads Nation For 12-Month Job Gains

Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the strength of the Texas economy with the release of August labor market data showing Texas led all states with a gain of 159,400 nonfarm jobs over the last 12 ...
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Governor Abbott Delivers Historic $7.5 Billion Border Security Reimbursement

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved a historic $7.5 billion reimbursement to Texas for border security costs. “I spoke with Secretary Mullin ...