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2025
January
Jan 24
Texas Partners With New Trump Administration To Secure Border
Jan 24
Governor Abbott Appoints Adkins, Craycraft To Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Jan 24
Governor Abbott Appoints Asel Presiding Officer Of Alamo Regional Mobility Authority
Jan 24
Texas Breaks 2024 Records For Jobs, Texans Working
Jan 23
Governor Abbott Readies State Emergency Response Resources For West Texas Wildfire Danger, Southeast Texas Flood Threat
Jan 23
Governor Abbott Congratulates New Braunfels As Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community
Jan 23
Governor Abbott Calls On U.S. Congress To Reimburse Texas For Historic Border Security Efforts
Jan 23
Governor Abbott Appoints Mansur As Yoakum County Criminal District Attorney
Jan 22
Governor Abbott Announces 2025 Governor’s Small Business Summit Host Cities
Jan 22
Governor Abbott Announces Mansfield Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Jan 22
Governor Abbott Urges Texans To Report Winter Weather Damages
Jan 22
Governor Abbott Amends, Renews Drought Disaster Proclamation In January 2025
Jan 22
Governor Abbott Renews Border Security Disaster Proclamation In January 2025
Jan 20
Governor Abbott Congratulates 47th President Trump On Inauguration
Jan 17
Governor Abbott Announces SBA Assistance For Southeast Texas Tornadoes
Jan 17
Texas Seizes Enough Fentanyl To Kill Everyone In U.S., Mexico, Canada
Jan 16
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Baytown
Jan 16
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee
Jan 16
Texas Launches Upgraded State Of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Database
Jan 16
Governor Abbott Appoints Griffith To Family And Protective Services Council
Jan 16
Governor Abbott Appoints Morrison To Texas Ethics Commission
Jan 16
Governor Abbott Congratulates City Of Early As Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community
Jan 15
Governor Abbott Appoints Henderson To Rehabilitation Council Of Texas
Jan 15
Governor Abbott Appoints Sheridan As Commanding General Of Texas State Guard
Jan 14
Governor Abbott Requests SBA Disaster Declaration For Southeast Texas Tornadoes
Jan 14
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Humanities Texas
Jan 14
Governor Abbott Appoints Marquez And Names Lomax As Chair Of Commercial Oyster Mariculture Advisory Board
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Announces SBA Assistance For Laredo Water Supply Issue
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Appoints Thierry To Texas Juvenile Justice Board
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Appoints Bell, Day To Statewide Health Coordinating Council
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Appoints Graf To Teacher Retirement System Board Of Trustees
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Requests SBA Disaster Declaration For Laredo Water Supply Issue
Jan 13
Governor Abbott Orders Flags To Full-Staff In Honor Of Inauguration Day
Jan 12
Governor Abbott Renews Wildfire Disaster Proclamation In January 2025
Jan 11
Governor Abbott Deploys Firefighting Resources To Assist California Wildfire Response Efforts
Jan 10
Texas Continues To Crack Down On Dangerous Tren De Aragua
Jan 10
Governor Abbott Urges Texans To Report Winter Weather Damages
Jan 10
Governor Abbott Reappoints Bickerstaff To Board For Lease Of Texas Parks And Wildlife Lands
Jan 10
Governor Abbott Congratulates Waxahachie As Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community
Jan 10
Governor Abbott Appoints Weiss, Aguirre To State Commission On Judicial Conduct
Jan 10
Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Trinity River Authority Board Of Directors
Jan 9
Governor Abbott Congratulates Giddings As Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community
Jan 9
Governor Abbott Activates State Emergency Response Resources For Potential Flash Flooding Across Southeast Texas
Jan 9
Governor Abbott Appoints Sturgess To Texas Animal Health Commission
Jan 9
Governor Abbott Appoints Ridloff To Governing Board Of The Texas School For The Deaf
Jan 8
Governor Abbott Provides Update On Texas’ Ongoing Response To Severe Winter Weather
Jan 8
Governor Abbott Names New General Counsel For Office Of The Governor
Jan 8
Governor Abbott Names Stepney Chair Of Texas Water Development Board
Jan 8
Governor Abbott Appoints Anwar, Salsman To Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
Jan 8
Governor Abbott Appoints Balido To Criminal District Court No. 1 In Dallas County
Jan 7
Governor Abbott Increases Readiness Level Of State Operations Center Ahead Of Winter Weather
Jan 7
Governor Abbott Appoints Peebles To 497th Judicial District Court
Jan 7
Governor Abbott Appoints Simons To 496th Judicial District Court
Jan 7
Governor Abbott Names Paup Chair Of Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Jan 7
Governor Abbott Directs DPS To Surge Anti-Terrorism Task Force Resources
Jan 6
Governor Abbott Activates State Emergency Response Resources Ahead Of Severe Winter Weather
Jan 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Harris To Tenth Court Of Appeals
Jan 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Dickens To 477th Judicial District Court
Jan 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Blacklock As Chief Justice, Sullivan As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas
Jan 6
First Lady Abbott Announces GRACE’s Fifth Annual Week Of Prayer To End Human Trafficking
Jan 3
Governor Abbott Recognizes January 2025 As Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Jan 3
Governor Abbott Announces Four TdA Gang Members Arrested Attempting To Illegally Cross Border
Jan 3
Governor Abbott Announces Four TdA Gang Members Arrested Attempting To Illegally Cross Border
Jan 3
Governor Abbott Appoints Howell, Gardner To Texas Board Of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Jan 2
Governor Abbott Reappoints Pierce To Council On Sex Offender Treatment