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2023
September
Sep 25
Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Council On Cardiovascular Disease And Stroke
Sep 25
Governor Abbott Announces $4.5 Million For Rural Emergency Hospitals
Sep 25
Governor Abbott Reappoints Gravley To North Texas Tollway Authority Board Of Directors
Sep 23
Governor Abbott Champions Education Freedom At Parents Matter Tailgate In Dallas
Sep 22
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.2 Million In Grants To West Texas Veteran Organizations
Sep 22
Operation Lone Star Bolsters Border Security To Stem Historic Influx
Sep 22
Governor Abbott Deploys More Buses To Border Amid Migrant Surge
Sep 22
Governor Abbott Appoints Morales To Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
Sep 21
Governor Abbott Champions Texas’ Critical Aerospace, Defense Industry In Dallas
Sep 21
Governor Abbott Renews Border Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Sep 21
Governor Abbott Renews Drought Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Sep 21
Governor Abbott Hosts Hungarian President Novák At Governor’s Mansion
Sep 20
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.6 Million In Grants To Panhandle, Concho Valley Veteran Organizations
Sep 20
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Forensic Science Commission
Sep 20
Governor Abbott Announces Over $11 Million In Career Training Grants Across Texas
Sep 19
Governor Abbott Encourages Texans To Participate In School Choice Sunday
Sep 19
Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Physician Assistant Board
Sep 19
Governor Abbott Touts Economic Wins Of 88th Legislature In Sherman
Sep 19
Governor Abbott Congratulates 29 Texas National Blue Ribbon Schools
Sep 19
Governor Abbott Announces Graham Music Friendly Texas Community Workshop
Sep 19
Texas Again Leads All States For Annual Jobs Growth
Sep 18
Governor Abbott Celebrates TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Center Renovation Project
Sep 18
Governor Abbott Announces Dalhart Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Sep 18
Governor Abbott Proclaims September 15-October15, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month In Texas
Sep 18
Texas Named Best Business Climate By Nation’s Corporate Executives
Sep 18
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Sweeny
Sep 18
Governor Abbott Reappoints Connett To State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
Sep 16
Governor Abbott Statement On Impeachment Trial Verdict
Sep 15
Governor Abbott Announces Over $2.95 Million In Grants To Dallas-Area Veteran Organizations
Sep 15
Operation Lone Star Builds More Border Wall To Protect Texans
Sep 15
Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Governor’s Committee On People With Disabilities
Sep 15
Governor Abbott Announces Over $4.1 Million In Career Training Grants To Southeast Texas, Panhandle Schools
Sep 15
Governor Abbott Appoints De Luca To Governor’s Commission For Women
Sep 15
Texas Grows Jobs Faster Than Nation, Hits New Historic Highs
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Announces Governor’s Small Business Summit In Fredericksburg
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Announces Over $3.2 Million In Grants To Fort Worth Area Veteran Organizations
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Touts Texas’ Manufacturing Might At Schneider Electric In El Paso
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Announces Over $154,000 Job Training Grant To Workforce Solutions Panhandle
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Continuing Advisory Committee For Special Education
Sep 14
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To OneStar Foundation
Sep 13
Governor Abbott Appoints Douglass As Presiding Officer Of Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority
Sep 13
Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.8 Million In Grants To East Texas Veteran Organizations
Sep 13
Governor Abbott Hosts German Federal Minister Baerbock In Austin
Sep 12
Governor Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For Crockett
Sep 11
Governor Abbott Announces Over $6.9 Million In Grants To Gulf Coast Veteran Organizations
Sep 11
Governor Abbott Announces Lufkin Designated Music Friendly Texas Certified Community
Sep 11
Governor Abbott Honors First Responders At 2023 Star Of Texas Awards
Sep 11
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Family And Protective Services Council
Sep 8
Governor Abbott Appoints Cox To Texas Medical Board District Two Review Committee
Sep 8
Governor Abbott Appoints Cox To Texas Medical Board District Two Review Committee
Sep 8
Operation Lone Star Defends Sovereign Authority To Secure Border
Sep 8
Governor Abbott Announces Over $229,000 In Career Training Grants To Central Texas Schools
Sep 8
Governor Abbott Names Frazier Chair, Reappoints Crimm To Texas 1836 Project Advisory Committee
Sep 7
Governor Abbott Announces Over $7.6 Million In Career Training Grants To Permian Basin, Gulf Coast Schools
Sep 7
Governor Abbott Reappoints Moore To Brazos County Regional Mobility Authority
Sep 7
Governor Abbott Appoints Rassin to Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors
Sep 7
Governor Abbott, TVC Announce Over $36 Million In Grants For Veterans
Sep 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas State Technical College Board Of Regents
Sep 6
Office Of The Governor Statement On Ruling On Texas’ Border Security
Sep 6
Governor Abbott Expands Life-Saving NARCAN To All Texas Law Enforcement
Sep 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Maciejewski-West To Risk Management Board
Sep 6
Governor Abbott Appoints Bangor To Advisory Council On Postsecondary Education For Persons With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities
Sep 5
Governor Abbott Appoints Juarez-Dunne To 465th Judicial District Court
Sep 5
Governor Abbott Appoints Aliseda, Buckley To Southern Regional Education Board
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Reappoints Batson To The Gulf Coast Authority Board Of Directors
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Activates Austin Airtanker Base For Wildfire Response
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Renews Wildfire Disaster Declaration In September 2023
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Announces Texas Music Incubator Rebate Program
Sep 1
Operation Lone Star Marine Barriers Repel Illegal River Crossings
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Appoints Scott To Director Of The Office Of School Safety And Security
Sep 1
Governor Abbott Announces Governor’s Small Business Summit In Horizon City