AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman as the Inspector General for Health and Human Services for a term set to expire on February 1, 2018. Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman of Austin has served as the Principal Deputy Inspector General for...
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today joined Liberty Mutual Insurance CEO David H. Long and elected officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Liberty Mutual’s new Plano campus. The new state-of-the-art, one million square foot office complex is set to hold...
AUSTIN – In visiting this week with many of our smaller communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey, I am heartened by the progress being made. Texans remain resolute and united. Schools and businesses are reopening. And while the road ahead will be long as many...
1. Houston-area doctor Stephen Kimmel left his own flooded home and waded and canoed through the floodwaters with help from volunteer firefighters to get to a hospital to perform an emergency surgery on a 16-year-old boy. Kimmel reached the hospital after walking the...
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott this evening met with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul regarding Hurricane Harvey. A readout of the meeting can be found below. The Governor...
AUSTIN – The following lawmakers have declared their support for HB 70 or SB 14, which address Governor Abbott’s call to prevent cities from regulating trees on private land. The Governor thanks these members of the legislature for their commitment to private property...
