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2016
March
Mar 31
Governor Abbott Meets With Nuevo León Governor Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
Mar 31
Governor Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Six To State Board Of Dental Examiners
Mar 30
Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To The Governor’s Commission For Women
Mar 30
Governor Abbott Announces Appointment Of 15 To Governor’s Commission For Women
Mar 29
Governor Abbott Names Presiding Officer And Appoints Seven To Statewide Health Coordinating Council
Mar 28
Governor Abbott Appoints Agarwal To Product Development And Small Business Incubator Board
Mar 28
ICYMI: Governor Abbott: Texas Is Tech Mecca Of America
Mar 24
Governor Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Nine To The Technical Advisory Committee To The Bureau Of E
Mar 24
Governor’s Commission For Women Seeks Nominations For Texas Women’s Hall Of Fame
Mar 23
Governor Abbott Appoints Bulkley To Upper Guadalupe River Authority
Mar 23
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Sulphur River Basin Authority Board Of Directors
Mar 23
Governor Abbott Addresses Rotary Club Of San Antonio
Mar 23
Governor Abbott Announces Galderma Expansion In Texas
Mar 22
Governor Abbott Appoints Four To The Nueces River Authority Board Of Directors
Mar 21
Governor Abbott Names Stedman Vice Chairman Of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Mar 21
Governor Abbott Appoints Larson Judge Of 395th Judicial District
Mar 19
Federal Disaster Declaration Granted For Texas Counties
Mar 18
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Governing Board Of Texas Civil Commitment Office
Mar 18
Governor Abbott Requests Individual And Public Assistance For Texas Counties
Mar 18
Governor Abbott Appoints Two To Board Of Pilot Commissioners For Galveston County Ports
Mar 18
WEB VIDEO: Texas Is Wide Open For Business
Mar 17
Governor Abbott Reappoints Nichols As Adjutant General Of Texas
Mar 17
Governor Abbott Visits Burckhardt Compression Facilities In Waller, TX
Mar 17
Cornyn, Cruz, Abbott Press VA For Action On Continued Manipulation
Mar 17
ICYMI: Governor Abbott Visits Southeast Texas To Survey Flood Damage
Mar 16
Amended Disaster Proclamation For Severe Storms And Flooding in March 2016
Mar 16
Governor Abbott Receives Briefing, Holds Press Conference On Sabine River Flooding
Mar 16
Governor Abbott Statement On President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee
Mar 14
Governor Abbott Declares State Of Disaster In Texas Counties; Elevates Activation Of State Operation
Mar 14
Disaster Proclamation For Severe Storms And Flooding in March 2016
Mar 14
Governor Abbott Announces Pegasus Foods Expansion In Texas
Mar 11
Governor Abbott Announces Departure Of Senior Staff Members
Mar 11
Governor Abbott Presents Texas Purple Hearts, Honors Victims Of Fort Hood Terror Attack
Mar 11
Governor Abbott Proclaims March 2016 to be Women’s Women Veterans Month
Mar 10
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Humanities Texas
Mar 10
Governor Abbott Urges Texans to Continue Monitoring Weather, Flood Threats
Mar 10
Governor Abbott Hosts Reception On Classroom Connectivity With EducationSuperHighway
Mar 10
Governor Abbott Announces McKesson Expansion In Texas
Mar 9
Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Mar 9
Governor Abbott Files Appeal For Individual Assistance
Mar 9
Governor Abbott Accepts Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup For Fourth Year In A Row
Mar 8
Governor Abbott Names Presiding Officer And Appoints Four To Texas Animal Health Commission
Mar 7
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Midwestern State University Board Of Regents
Mar 7
Governor Abbott Establishes Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative
Mar 4
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To State Board Of Veterinary Medical Examiners And Names Presiding Of
Mar 3
Governor Abbott Reappoints Siebman Presiding Officer Of Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority
Mar 3
Governor Abbott Appoints Weaver Presiding Officer Of Alamo Regional Mobility Authority
Mar 3
Office Of The Governor And Texas Workforce Commission Announce 2016 Small Business Forum Locations
Mar 2
Governor Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Four To Texas Diabetes Council
Mar 2
First Lady Cecilia Abbott Celebrates Read Across America Day
Mar 1
Governor Abbott Appoints Fidelie To The Jobs And Education For Texans Grant Program Advisory Board
Mar 1
Governor Abbott Proclaims March 2016 to be Women’s History Month