Tag: Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Expands Statewide School Safety Program After Uvalde Shooting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter on Monday to expand a statewide safety training initiative after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last month. The Republican governor’s letter instructed Executive Director Dr. Pete Blair to provide rapid response training programs at all school districts across Texas. “We sadly recognize we cannot do anything…


Texas Governor Calls for School Rapid Response Training After Uvalde Shooting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants Texas State University’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center to instruct first responders in the state to more effectively respond to active attack events such as the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde last month that left 19 children and two teachers dead. A letter to the center’s…


Beto O’Rourke Pushes for Gun Control Laws, Takes Aim at Gov. Greg Abbott in Dallas Town Hall

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke took aim at Gov. Greg Abbott during a gun safety town hall in Dallas on June 1, following the school shooting in Uvalde. O’Rourke, a Democrat and former congressional representative, appeared at the Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center in the Red Bird area of Dallas. The event also included speeches from gun…


Capitol Report (June 1): Sec. Yellen Admits Miscalculated Inflation; Key Factors Driving Inflation?

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that she was wrong about rising inflation. She was among those who initially said that inflation would be temporary, if at all. Vance Ginn is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Institute, and he’ll be joining us to assess the key factors driving inflation. What’s the administration’s latest step…


Gov. Abbott Declares State of Disaster in Uvalde to Unlock Support and Cut Red Tape

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday declared a state of disaster in Uvalde in order to fast-track resources meant to help the community and cut through hindering red tape in the aftermath of the May 24 mass school shooting that left 19 young students and two teachers dead. The declaration will “accelerate all available state and…


Texas Governor Says New Laws to Be Passed After Elementary School Shooting

New laws will be passed after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on May 27. “Do we expect any laws to come out of this devastating crime? The answer is yes. Absolutely yes,” said Abbott, a Republican. Those laws will be “in multiple different subject areas,” he added….


Gov. Greg Abbott Says He’s ‘Livid’ He Was ‘Misled’ About Texas School Shooting Events

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that as a result of being “misled” by local authorities, he gave the public inaccurate information about the massacre of school children at Robb Elementary School. “I was misled. I am livid about what happened,” Abbott said at a press conference in Uvalde on Friday, after two days of…


‘Second Amendment Is Not Absolute’: Biden Decries Gun Laws After Texas School Shooting

U.S. President Joe Biden has decried current gun laws in America after 19 students and two adults were killed by a shooter at a Texas elementary school. He argued there are reform options that don’t negate the Second Amendment, which he claimed “is not absolute.” Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has framed the problem as a…


Beto O’Rourke Removed From Texas Governor’s News Conference About School Shooting

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke was escorted out of Gov. Greg Abbott’s news conference on a school shooting that left 19 children dead. O’Rourke, a Democrat, started yelling at Abbott during the press conference on Wednesday about gun control laws. He was immediately branded an “embarrassment” by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Don McLaughlin, the mayor of…


Biden Orders US Flag Flown at Half-Staff After Texas Elementary School Shooting

The U.S. flag will be flown at half-staff at the White House and at locations across the United States as a mark of respect for the victims of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas. U.S. President Joe Biden was aboard Air Force One Tuesday afternoon when officials said a gunman acting alone…