#texasgovgregabbott — Public Fediverse posts

The Texas Comptroller's Office is working to create an online marketplace to distribute the ESA funds and facilitate the transactions between families and private education providers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/10/01/532355/texas-comptroller-provides-rollout-details-on-states-online-creates-education-savings-account-marketplace/

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The Texas Youth Summit, an annual conference in The Woodlands for politically conservative youths, will include a memorial for right-wing activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk that will feature U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent Republicans. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/17/531161/houston-area-texas-youth-summit-to-honor-charlie-kirk-feature-state-republican-speakers/

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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/10/526159/abbott-calls-for-lawmakers-to-replace-staar-test-as-part-of-special-session/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s still on the fence about whether he’ll sign or veto Senate Bill 3, a measure that would ban consumable products containing THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/06/17/524272/with-days-until-the-signing-deadline-texas-gov-greg-abbott-gives-no-hint-where-he-stands-on-a-thc-ban/

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving a Texas law that mandates adult users of pornographic websites verify their ages before they can access the material.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/15/510861/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-texas-porn-law/

#National #News #Texas #SupremeCourt #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasLaw #USSupremeCourt

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to restrict federal funding from Texas hospitals that refuse to "follow the law" after a Houston doctor asserted patients do not need to disclose their immigration status.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/12/02/507536/texas-childrens-hospital-comments-on-abbotts-funding-threat-over-new-immigration-status-question/

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Gov. Greg Abbott's office condemned the actions of a bipartisan group of Texas legislators Monday, effectively breaking his silence in the pending execution of Robert Roberson.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/10/22/503601/greg-abbotts-office-condemns-texas-house-lawmakers-that-intervened-in-robert-robersons-execution/

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Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order on Thursday that requires public hospitals to collect information on the immigration status of patients so that the hospitals can track costs incurred for the care of undocumented migrants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/09/496170/abbott-order-will-require-texas-public-hospitals-to-collect-patients-immigration-status/

#News #Texas #ImmigrationStatus #PublicHospitals #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPolitics

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick put improving housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on college campuses and examining charitable bail organizations among 57 items on a to-do list before the next legislative session begins in January.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/04/12/483425/lt-gov-dan-patrick-lists-housing-affordability-fighting-antisemitism-on-campus-among-2025-priorit/

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