Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick have vowed opposition to a sweeping Obama administration directive instructing public schools nationwide to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

On Tuesday, February 9, President Barack Obama granted the January 26 disaster declaration requested by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

In a letter to President Barack Obama issued Monday morning, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state will not accept any refugees from Syria in the wake of deadly terror attacks in Paris, France Friday evening.

The order comes after the killing of four Marines and one Navy Sailor in Chattanooga, TN this week.

WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On his first day in the Texas Senate eight years ago, Dan Patrick invoked America's Founding Fathers while imploring his colleagues to break with tradition and abandon a rule allowing the minority party to block especially hot-button bills.

Republican Greg Abbott has been sworn in as the first new governor of Texas since Rick Perry took office in 2000.

After 14 years in office, Governor Rick Perry will step down Thursday, but chances are we haven’t heard the last of him politically.

During a joint session of the Texas House and Senate Thursday, Governor Rick Perry stepped down after 14 years in office.

Despite being one of the most gun friendly states, Texas law still forbids the open carry of handguns. That could soon change. The Associated Press reports that at least six open carry bills have been filed ahead of the next session of the Texas legislature...

PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Greg Abbott has been elected Texas governor in a decisive victory over Democrat Wendy Davis, whose national star power outshined her flickering candidacy.