The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott is the number one fundraiser in state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports made to the Texas Ethics Commission, the governor received $69,538,463 in total contributions and spent $68,042,038 between January 1, 2021 and June…

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he will pardon all pr

Abbott is opposing Biden's call for governors to pardon of all previous federal offenses of simple marijuana possession.

Eric Adams says he expects to spend at least $1bn by end of fiscal year on crisis as Texas governor continues to send migrants

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. southern border in a political dispute over border security.

The city expects to spend $1 billion to help the asylum seekers by the end of the fiscal year, Adams said.

The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate has said several times he will end the annual standardized tests. State and federal law make it impossible.

On Thursday, officials with the Texas Military Department acknowledged that the payroll system they used for the mission has withheld too little in federal taxes from service members’ paychecks.

Biden’s federal pardons will help at least 6,500 people, though most possession crimes are charged at the state level. Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet said whether he’ll follow suit. Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke was quick to support the measure.