The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Measure will nullify local ordinances that provide workers protection from devastating, triple-digit temperatures

States enacted 28 bills this week, more than three times the number of bills enacted during the same week in 2022. 

The former member of the U.S. House will likely be the highest-profile Texan to enter the 2024 race, but he’ll be an underdog.

State Senate passes bill banning ESG use in state investments; Governor expected to veto

Name-calling. Mean tweets. A governor's quick-draw veto pen.

The bipartisan legislation was long sought by advocates for disabled voters, including some of the governor’s own allies.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The Senate’s latest proposal is an apparent effort to appease Gov. Greg Abbott and the lower chamber. The state’s top Republicans have been at odds for months over how to use the state’s historic budget surplus to cut property taxes.

LOS ANGELES — As the bus full of migrants prepared to embark June 13 on a more than 20-hour journey from Texas to Los Angeles, the passengers were offered bags of chips, water and energy bars.