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Texas Governor Greg Abbott sits with families of victims and survivors of the Aug. 3 shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. About 30 representatives from law enforcement and non governmental agencies were on the roundtable discussion of public safety. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Texas governor says ‘mistakes’ made in immigrant rhetoric

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Abbott to appoint Bland to state Supreme Court

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Gun rights advocates gather outside the Texas Capitol where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a round table discussion, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Abbott is meeting in Austin with officials from Google, Twitter and Facebook as well as officials from the FBI and state lawmakers to discuss ways of combatting extremism in light of the recent mass shooting in El Paso that reportedly targeted Mexicans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas gun rights lobby pushing back on calls for new laws

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, center with Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, right, and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, left, makes opening statements during a round table discussion, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Abbott is meeting in Austin with officials from Google, Twitter and Facebook as well as officials from the FBI and state lawmakers to discuss ways of combatting extremism in light of the recent mass shooting in El Paso that reportedly targeted Mexicans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas governor expresses concern about private gun sales

By CLARICE SILBER and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Southwest University Park, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Jorge Salgado)

Governor brings big tech to the table after El Paso attack

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gives his State of the State Address in the House Chamber in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Governor forms new anti-terrorism unit after El Paso attack

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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2013, file photo, Gun rights supporters gather at a Guns Across America rally at the Texas state capitol. After three dozen people were fatally shot at a church in Sutherland Springs and a suburban Houston high school, Texas Republicans expanded gun rights instead of restricting them. The state’s latest mass shooting that killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart is unlikely to push the state toward any new gun control measures . (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold a banner to protest the visit of President Donald Trump to the border city after the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Trump headed to El Paso, after visiting Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday to offer a message of healing and unity, but he will be met by unusual hostility in both places by people who fault his own incendiary words as a contributing cause to the mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Texas governor says ‘no red flags’ in El Paso suspect’s past

By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to supporters during the Texas GOP election night party at Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas. Abbott defeated Lupe Valdez in his re-election bid. Texas Republican leaders have urged state district and county attorneys to continue enforcing marijuana laws after several local prosecutors decided to drop pot possession cases amid confusion involving a new law legalizing hemp, Abbott together with other Republican officials said in a letter Thursday, July 18, 2019. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Texas leaders urge prosecutors to keep enforcing pot laws

By CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

Texas governor OKs budget with $1M gun storage safety effort

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Texas governor signs $1.6B storm plan 2 years after Harvey

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FILE--In this April 2, 2015, file photo, forensic analyst India Henry removes a pair of underwear from an evidence bag for testing in a sexual assault case in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in Houston. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that will aim to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Texas. Abbott signed the measure in Dallas on Tuesday along with four other bills designed to help victims of sex crimes. The new law mandates law enforcement agencies conduct an audit to determine all of the untested rape kits in the state and that officials set timelines for their analysis. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Texas governor signs bill targeting rape kit backlog

By CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

Correction: Texas-Gun Storage Fight story

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

The last-minute move late Sunday sets up a political test rarely seen in Texas for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who must decide whether to veto the spending or to ignore NRA opposition and approve the program. (Associated Press)

Texas lawmakers defy NRA, approve gun safety campaign

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

In this Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing in Austin, Texas. Whitley, Texas’ embattled elections chief, is on the brink of losing his job over wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of thousands of voters. Secretary of State David Whitley on Sunday, May 26, 2019 was set to be forced from office unless the Texas Senate confirmed his nomination. But that prospect was dimming as Democrats continued blocking a vote on the eve of the Legislature adjourning until 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas’ election chief resigns after voter citizenship flub

By PAUL J. WEBER and CLARICE SIBLER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing in Austin, Texas. Whitley, Texas’ embattled elections chief, is on the brink of losing his job over wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of thousands of voters. Secretary of State David Whitley on Sunday, May 26, 2019 was set to be forced from office unless the Texas Senate confirmed his nomination. But that prospect was dimming as Democrats continued blocking a vote on the eve of the Legislature adjourning until 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

David Whitley, Texas secretary of state, resigns after voter citizenship flub

By Paul J. Weber and Clarice Sibler - Associated Press

Governor Greg Abbott, seated center, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, seated left, and Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, seated right, and other law makers attend a joint press conference to discuss teacher pay and school finance at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, Thursday, May 23, 2019, in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas governor announces $1.6B deal for teacher raises

By CLARICE SILBER and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, holds hands with survivors during a dedication ceremony for a new sanctuary and memorial room at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday, May 19, 2019. In 2017 a gunman opened fire at the church and killed more than two dozen congregants. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas moves to arm more teachers to prevent school shootings

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012, file photo, Jessica Morgan, 19, of Whitehouse, Texas, and Bobby Ortiz, 18, of Whitehouse, hold signs supporting gay marriage outside of Chick-fil-A in Tyler, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled he’ll sign a contentious measure that Republicans call a defense of Chick-fil-A and religious freedom but was tearfully opposed by gay lawmakers. The Texas House gave final approval to the bill Tuesday, May 21, 2019. It comes two months after San Antonio City Council members refused to let Chick-fil-A open an airport location. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP, File)

‘Chick-fil-A’ bill reignites LGBT opposition in Texas

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press