Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Crime Stoppers Council
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lauren Day for a term set to expire on September 1, 2020, and Perry Gilmore, Ph.D. and Carol Hernandez for terms set to expire September 1, 2021 to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council. The Council advises the Governor on crime...
Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Real Estate Commission
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jan Fite Miller, DeLora Wilkinson, and Micheal Williams to the Texas Real Estate Commission for terms set to expire on January 31, 2023. The commission's primary purpose is to protect the public in its dealings with real...
Governor Abbott Statement On 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals Nominations
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced the nominations of Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and James Ho to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals: “The nominations of Don Willett and James Ho to the...
Governor Abbott Reappoints Peeler To The Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Jason Peeler to the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District for a term set to expire on February 1, 2021. The District is required to preserve, protect, conserve and recharge the underground water in Wilson,...
Governor Abbott Appoints LaFavers And Long To Board Of Pardons and Paroles
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Jim LaFavers and appointed Brian Long to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for terms set to expire February 1, 2023. The Board makes parole decisions for Texas prison inmates, determines conditions for parole and mandatory...
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 by the...
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...