Greg Abbott

Abbott Sued For Ordering Investigations Of Parents With Transgender Children
Greg Abbott How Greg Abbott’s Border Deployment Stunt Turned Into A Political Nightmare
On his way to a third term, Texas' governor deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the border. Now, they're finding their voices.
Five Texas DAs Defy Abbott’s Order To Probe Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
AUSTIN, TX - JUNE 08: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas on June 8, 2021. Abbott signed Senate bills 2 and 3 into law to reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and weatherize and improve the reliability of the state's power grid. The bill signing comes months after a disastrous February winter storm that created widespread power outages and left dozens of Texans dead. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) Abbott Directs State Agencies To Investigate Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
Report: Texas Lt. Guv Privately Urged Rick Perry To Challenge Guv. Abbott
Officials Scramble To Contend With Texas’ New Restrictive Voting Law Ahead Of Primaries
“It’s like we’re going back in time," one voting rights advocate observed.
Defiant School Boards Across Virginia Sue Over Youngkin’s Anti-Mask Order
Where Things Stand: Hundreds Of Schools Defy Virginia’s New GOP Guv
This is your TPM evening briefing.

School district officials who oversee hundreds of schools in Virginia are actively defying their new Republican governor’s efforts to tamp down COVID-19 mitigation measures in the state.

The backlash is similar to what we saw play out in Texas and Florida when Republican Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis enacted similar executive orders late last year, attempting to block individual schools and municipalities from creating their own policies for combatting the pandemic.

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Texas Primaries Give An Early Indication Of Chaos New Voting Restrictions Could Cause
Five Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment
What began as a political posturing has spectacularly backfired, with a human toll.
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