Counting successes from the legislative session
This column first appeared in The Dallas Morning News, June 4, 2015 By Greg Abbott Texas is strong. When we work together, we are even stronger. That is the lesson of these past few weeks as families and businesses across this state faced devastating floods and...
Texas Means Business
This op-ed originally appeared on Forbes.com, March 9, 2015. By Greg Abbott Forbes.com Texas is once again the top state for job-creating capital investment projects. We have built a framework that allows free enterprise to flourish, including less government, low...
Governor explains how he wants to provide for Texans
This Op-Ed from Governor Greg Abbott first appeared in the McAllen Monitor, March 2, 2015. By Greg Abbott McAllen Monitor Jobs are growing in Texas and more families in McAllen are sharing in the promise of Texas. But there’s more work to do. On Feb. 17, as governor...
Working together, Texans lead nation
This Op-Ed from Governor Greg Abbott first appeared in the Longview News-Journal, February 21, 2015. By Greg Abbott Longview News-Journal Jobs are growing in Texas and more families in Longview, my boyhood home, are sharing in the promise of Texas. But there’s more...
WEB AD: Getting to Work
AUSTIN – Governor-elect Greg Abbott's transition team today released a new web ad titled "Getting To Work," following a series of legislative roundtables Abbott has hosted over the past week in San Antonio, Arlington, Houston and Tyler. "If we are going to build a...
FOX NEWS: Texas Leads Coalition Of States In Lawsuit Against Obama Immigration Actions
Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing the Obama administration over the president's executive actions on immigration. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Texas on Wednesday, and names the heads of...
Texas Files Suit Against Obama’s Immigration Order
By Christy Hoppe Dallas Morning News’ Trail Blazers Blog Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit, joined 16 other states, challenging the president’s executive order against deporting certain illegal immigrants. The suit filed in a South Texas federal court became the...
Amarillo Globe-News Editorial: Texas ready to take on Obama again
Amarillo Globe-News Editorial Board November 29, 2014 "Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is not shy about telling how many times he has sued the Obama administration. You might say Abbott is almost proud of it — Abbott used his numerous lawsuits against the Obama...
Greg Abbott To Sue Obama Administration Over Immigration Order
By Andrew Johnson National Review President Obama “crossed a serious legal line” with last week’s executive order on immigration, and Texas attorney general and governor-elect Greg Abbott is following up on his promise to take legal action, he said on Tuesday. “The...
ABBOTT WEB AD: Getting To Work
AUSTIN – Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott’s transition team today released a new web ad, titled, “Getting To Work,” featuring Governor-elect Abbott expressing his readiness to build an even better Texas for future generations while ensuring a smooth transition process...