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Abbott gave Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants.
Average monthly bookings at the Jim Hogg County facility, located between Laredo and McAllen, has dropped by more than half ...
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announces he’s running for fourth term
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will run for a fourth term of his influential role as lieutenant governor, he announced Friday, touting ...
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Texas Governor activates additional state emergency response resources ahead of severe weather this weekend
HOUSTON - Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced the activation of additional state emergency response resources ahead of ...
Texas governor calls November election for vacant US House seat as Democrats criticize timing
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester ...
Texas Governor Sets November Election to Fill Heavily Democratic House Seat
Democrats have argued that Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, did not act faster to fill the vacant seat because he didn’t want ...
Texas governor blames county’s elections problems for delay in filling vacant congressional seat
Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a history of election problems in the state’s most populous county for his delay in ...
Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner will be held on Nov. 4.
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Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No.
The reason? It would be anchored by a mosque. “To be clear, Shariah law is not allowed in Texas,” the Republican governor wrote on social media in late February, reposting a video advertising ...
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson lobby Texas lawmakers for $500 million in movie, TV incentives
At the Texas Capitol, actor and Texas natives Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson made their pitch to state Senators of ...
'Political hysteria': How Gov. Abbott's campaign against EPIC City impacts Muslims across Texas
For years, Mujeeb Kazi, president of the North Texas Islamic Council, led efforts to help mosques and Muslim organizations to provide services to food pantries, women's shelters and medical clinics.