News

Dec 3

What They Are Saying About Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Find out what they're saying about Governor Abbott's business development mission to Cuba.

Press Release

Dec 2

Pool Report #5: Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Cuba’s minister of foreign trade and investment told Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday that he believes the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States is an inexorable process that won’t be reversed no matter who is elected president in 2016.

Press Release

Dec 2

Governor Abbott Appoints Nine To Rehabilitation Council of Texas

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Neva Fairchild for a term set to expire October 29, 2016 and Susan May for a term set to expire October 29, 2017 to the Rehabilitation Council of Texas.

Appointment

Dec 1

Pool Report #4: Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott assured Cuban officials Tuesday that he wanted close economic ties between Texas and Cuba whether or not the U.S. embargo is lifted, but with an eye toward getting a jump start on an even more mutually profitable relationship if and when that day comes.

Press Release

Dec 1

Governor Abbott Appoints Two To Texas Military Preparedness Commission

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Carol Ann Bonds and Darrell Coleman to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission for terms set to expire February 1, 2019.

Appointment

Dec 1

Press Pool Report #3: Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said afterward that maybe it is the lawyer in him, but at the end of a narrated slideshow about all the benefits of foreign investment in Cuba’s showpiece Mariel Special Development Zone, he cut to the chase.

Press Release

Dec 1

Press Pool Report #2: Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Gov. Greg Abbott’s trade delegation to Cuba had dinner Monday night at La Fontana Paladar.

Press Release

Nov 30

Press Pool Report #1: Governor Abbott’s Business Development Mission To Cuba

Gov. Greg Abbott landed in Havana Monday afternoon leading a business development mission of two-dozen Texans looking to reintroduce Texas agricultural products to a growing Cuban market and plant the Lone Star flag on an island that for the first time in more than half a century has formal diplomatic relations with the United States.

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