Women-Owned Firms Flourish In Texas
This article originally appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record, August 12, 2015. By Governor Greg Abbott Businesses owned by women in Texas are growing at more than twice the rate of all firms nationwide. While visiting the Big Apple last month, I was proud to note...
Texas To NH Businesses: Come On Down
This article first appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader, July 3, 2015. By Governor Greg Abbott Last week, Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed a fiscally responsible budget that reduced the tax burden on job creators while funding critical services in the Granite State....
Congress and Governors: Just Say No to ObamaCare
This column originally appeared in the National Review Online, June 22, 2015. By Governor Greg Abbott The Supreme Court of the United States will soon decide the case of King v. Burwell. The legal question there is simple: Can the president wave his magic wand and...
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...