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2026

August

Aug 19

Governor Abbott Requests Comptroller Investigate School District Finances To Ensure Taxpayer Dollars Reach Students And Teachers

Aug 19

Governor Abbott Appoints Cunningham To State Cemetery Committee

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Announces Data Center Coalition Commits To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Sets Special Election For Texas Senate District 22

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Announces Riot Platforms And Comanche Circle Data Center Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Announces Power House Data Centers, CoreWeave And Emergent Data Centers Commit To Comply With His Data Centers Standards

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Announces More Than $795,000 In Grant Funding To Strengthen Electric Reliability In Northwest Texas

Aug 18

Governor Abbott Announces Bitdeer, CyrusOne, Ionic Digital And HIF Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 17

Governor Abbott Announces More Than $2 Million In Grants To Expand Free Educational Resources For Texas Students

Aug 17

Governor Abbott Announces New Era Energy & Digital, Switch And Hanwha Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 17

Governor Abbott Announces Prologis, Ecolab And Crusoe Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 17

Governor Abbott Appoints Erickson As Director Of Regulatory Compliance Division

Aug 14

Governor Abbott Directs Review Of Airports Over Illegal Religious Discrimination

Aug 14

Governor Abbott Announces Latest Slate Of Appointments

Aug 14

Governor Abbott Announces Stack Infrastructure, Anthropic And Nightpeak Energy Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 14

Governor Abbott Announces Amazon, Lancium And Cipher Digital Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 13

Governor Abbott Announces Galaxy, Compass Datacenters And Montera Infrastructure Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 13

Governor Abbott Appoints Davis, Deal To Texas Council For Developmental Disabilities

Aug 13

Governor Abbott Announces Microsoft, Hut 8 And Equinix Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 12

Governor Abbott Announces Core Scientific, Vantage Data Centers And SB Energy Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 12

Governor Abbott Attends Grand Opening Of Buc-ee’s In San Marcos

Aug 12

Governor Abbott Announces Google, Rowan And CleanSpark Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 12

Governor Abbott Appoints Coleman To Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority

Aug 11

Governor Abbott Announces Edge ConneX And Stream Data Centers Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 11

Governor Abbott Announces Over $7.7 Million In Grants To North Texas Area Veteran Service Organizations

Aug 11

Governor Abbott Appoints Mata To Texas Commission On Fire Protection

Aug 11

Governor Abbott Announces Oracle Commits To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 10

Governor Abbott Holds Inaugural Texas Classroom Commission Meeting At Governor’s Mansion

Aug 10

Governor Abbott Announces Open AI Commits To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 10

Governor Abbott Appoints Fossett to 137th Judicial District In Lubbock County

Aug 10

Governor Abbott Announces Meta Commits To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 10

Governor Abbott Announces Bristol Myers Squibb Expansion In Harris County

Aug 7

Governor Abbott Declares Purple Heart Day, Named Purple Heart Ambassador

Aug 7

Governor Abbott Announces Skybox, Digital Realty, Mara Commit To Comply With His Data Center Standards

Aug 7

Governor Abbott Touts Texas Crime Rate Decline For Third Straight Year

Aug 7

Governor Abbott Announces Latest Slate Of Appointments

Aug 7

Governor Abbott Announces $5.6 Million in Grants for Innovative Nursing Education Programs

Aug 6

Governor Abbott Announces QTS Data Centers Will Meet Texas Standards

Aug 6

Governor Abbott Kicks Off Tax-Free Weekend In Alamo

Aug 6

Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.3 million in Grants to East Texas Area Veteran Service Organizations

Aug 6

Governor Abbott Announces SpaceX Expansion In Grimes County

Aug 5

Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Board Of Trustees

Aug 5

Governor Abbott Announces More Than $8 Million Electric Reliability Grant For Panhandle and South Plains

Aug 4

Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.4 Million Job Training Grant To Workforce Solutions Permian Basin

Aug 4

Governor Abbott Activates Additional State Wildfire Response Resources Ahead Of Increased Fire Danger

Aug 4

Governor Abbott Appoints Peeler To Credit Union Commission

Aug 4

Governor Abbott Announces over $6.1 Million In Grants To San Antonio Area Veteran Service Organizations

Aug 3

Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce SNAP Replacement Benefits Extension For Texans Affected By Flooding

Aug 3

Governor Abbott Directs Comprehensive Data Center Audit

Aug 3

Governor Abbott Appoints Cantu To Texas Veterans Commission

Aug 3

Governor Abbott Announces Apollo Global Management Selects Austin For New Strategic Hub