Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the state will not require patients to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in order to obtain an organ transplant. Abbott first shared the information in a statement to The Washington Examiner. “Democrats have gone too far with their vaccine mandates,” Abbott’s office said in the statement. “First, they were…
Texas Welcomes Unvaccinated Patients for Organ Transplants
Texas Governor Signs Bill Requiring Student Athletes Play on Teams Matching Birth Sex
The governor of Texas on Monday signed a law that bars student athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match the sex listed on their birth certificate. The bill is aimed at restoring rights granted to women under Title IX, its authors say. Texas House Bill 25 (pdf) requires most interscholastic athletic teams…
Biden FEMA Rejects Texas Governor’s Appeal for Emergency Aid Over Border Surge
The White House rejected Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that the federal government reimburse the state for millions of dollars on the border crisis, according to a letter sent to his office. “After a thorough review of all the information contained in your initial request and appeal, we reaffirm our original findings that supplemental federal…
White House on Vax Mandates: ‘Federal Law Overrides State Law’
The White House says recent actions taken by Republican governors, to oppose forthcoming federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private businesses, will be overridden. President Joe Biden’s executive order, announced Sept. 9, is set to require all workers at private businesses with 100 employees or more to be vaccinated against the CCP virus, which causes the disease…
White House on Vaccine Mandates: ‘Federal Law Overrides State Law’
The White House says recent actions taken by Republican governors, to oppose forthcoming federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private businesses, will be overridden. President Joe Biden’s executive order, announced Sept. 9, is set to require all workers at private businesses with 100 employees or more to be vaccinated against the CCP virus, which causes the disease…
Ten Governors Call on Biden to Take Action on Border Crisis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of the GOP was joined by nine peers on Wednesday at the U.S.–Mexico border, with the group calling on President Joe Biden to take 10 steps to address the worsening border crisis. “We need Joe Biden to step up and lead. We can do this by enacting commonsense policies,” Iowa Gov….
10 Governors Call on Biden to Take Action on Border Crisis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, was joined by nine peers on Oct. 6 at the U.S.–Mexico border, with the group calling on President Joe Biden to take 10 steps to address the worsening border crisis. “We need Joe Biden to step up and lead. We can do this by enacting commonsense policies,” Iowa Gov….
Eleven Governors Call on Biden to Take Action on Border Crisis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of the GOP was joined by 10 peers on Wednesday at the U.S.–Mexico border, with the group calling on President Joe Biden to take 10 steps to address the worsening border crisis. “We need Joe Biden to step up and lead. We can do this by enacting commonsense policies,” Iowa Gov….
Texas Acquires COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies, Bypassing Biden HHS Limits: Governor
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced his state has obtained its own supply of monoclonal antibodies, a type of treatment for COVID-19, in a move that bypasses the Biden administration’s limits. “Texas has obtained its own separate allocation of these monoclonal antibody treatments working around the limitations that President Biden has put on us so…
Texas Governor Vows to Hire Any Border Patrol Agent Fired by Biden Administration
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would hire any Border Patrol agent fired by the Biden administration after several top White House officials said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would investigate images of agents on horseback blocking Haitian illegal immigrants from entering the United States. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said his agency would probe…
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