Governor Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Greg Abbott officially closed all schools in the state, including colleges and universities, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year due to the spread of coronavirus.

An influential teachers union is asking Governor Abbott to keep schools closed for the rest of the academic year.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott plans to make an announcement about an initiative to help small businesses through the Coronavirus crisis.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extended Sunday the state of disaster he declared last month as the number of coronavirus cases in Texas surpassed 13,500 and the death total climbed above 270.

On Thursday a federal district court granted a second temporary restraining order against Gov. Abbott’s COVID-19 order, which the State threatened to enforce as a ban on time-sensitive abortion services.

Tuesday the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in United States District Court in San Antonio against Governor Abbott, Secretary of State Ruth Hughes, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator in their ongoing effort to demand mail-in voting during the coronavirus...

Tuesday, in a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the district court was wrong to grant emergency relief to protect access to abortion care.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are in a tug-of-war over the Kay Bailey Hutchison convention center and whether it's going to be used as a Coronavirus over-flow hospital.

At a press conference from the State Capitol Governor Abbott extended social distancing guidelines and non-essential business closures through April 30 and Texas schools will remain closed until at least May 4.

US District Judge Lee Yeakel granted a temporary restraining order blocking the state of Texas from including abortion clinics under Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning non-essential surgeries.