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Governor Abbott Praises TxDOT Debris Removal Efforts

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has now collected more than 2.4 million cubic feet, or 45 football fields, of debris left behind Hurricane Harvey in roadways across the four districts hardest hit...

Governor Abbott Announces New Brakebush Brothers Facility In Greenville

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Brakebush Brothers, Inc. will build a new 315,000 square foot processing plant in Greenville, TX. Brakebush Brothers is a family owned business, which has been in operation for 92 years as a processor of chicken...

Governor Abbott Meets With State Legislators On Harvey Response

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott and Commission to Rebuild Texas Commissioner John Sharp today joined Texas state legislators at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Joint Field Office in Austin, Texas to receive a briefing and an update on the ongoing Hurricane...

Governor Abbott Awards Grant To Establish “Crimes Against Children Unit”

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced a grant award from the Office of the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office to support the establishment of the new Crimes Against Children Unit. The grant of more than...

Commission To Rebuild Texas Update: Issue 2

AUSTIN – The true strength of the Lone Star State is found in our people. In the Rockport-Fulton area along the Texas Gulf Coast on the morning after Harvey’s first direct hit as a Category 4 hurricane, still-stunned residents gathered outside one of the local...

Governor Abbott Tours Housing Development Damage In Port Arthur, TX

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today visited three Port Arthur housing developments to survey damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. The Governor was joined by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush to...