Greg Abbott

Officials under pressure to go beyond mandating masks as virus cases rise

David Hogberg · June 26, 2020 12:00 am

Governors pause reopening amid coronavirus surge

Cassidy Morrison · June 25, 2020 11:57 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott adjusts his mask after giving an update on the categories of medical surge facilities and how it effects Level 5 of maintaining staffed beds during a press conference at Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

Texas governor announces ‘temporary pause’ in reopening over coronavirus surge

Zach Halaschak · June 25, 2020 4:35 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Texas governor halts elective surgeries in face of rising coronavirus cases

Cassidy Morrison · June 25, 2020 4:01 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Houston hospitals struggle to contain coronavirus

Spencer Neale · June 24, 2020 8:24 pm

Nurses Kristy Haynes, left, and Crysta Swift look over supplies inside a mobile emergency room set up outside Grady Memorial Hospital to help handle the ever-growing number of flu cases in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The trailer, called Carolinas MED-1, has 14 beds and will sit outside the hospital's main emergency room for 30 days to alleviate wait times and bed shortages.

Hospitals beginning to feel strain in areas with rising coronavirus cases

David Hogberg · June 24, 2020 4:00 am

Texas-sized problem: Gov. Abbott says tougher anti-COVID restrictions might come back

Cassidy Morrison · June 23, 2020 12:00 am

Texas governor warns coronavirus ‘is now spreading at an unacceptable rate’ in state

Haley Victory Smith · June 22, 2020 11:40 pm

Texas sees record number of coronavirus patients for third day in a row

David Hogberg · June 10, 2020 10:00 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Greg Abbott says Texas bars can open Friday

David Hogberg · May 18, 2020 8:52 pm

‘Thank you so, so much’: Tearful hair salon owner walks free after imprisonment for defying lockdown

Andrew Mark Miller · May 7, 2020 8:27 pm

Texas Supreme Court rules salon owner jailed for violating lockdown order be released

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 7, 2020 4:42 pm