:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b8a64d2224f826749f5153f504b3f3df/Hugs%20Not%20Walls%20JH%20TT%2004?w=627&resize=627,376&ssl=1 "Gov. Greg Abbott Is Using A Disaster Declaration To Help Fund A Border Wall. Democrats Say It’s An Overreach Of Executive Powers.")
The disaster declarations give the governor broad power to suspend state laws and regulations that hinder a jurisdiction’s recovery from a disaster and to allow the use of available resources to respond to the disaster.
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Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month.
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Two-thirds of the land in the lower 48 states is privately owned, and these working farms, ranches and forests produce much of the country’s food and fiber. These working lands also provide much of our nation’s open space and the habitats that wildlife need.
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Houston Methodist was one of the nation’s first health systems to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate.
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“Whatever Beto decides to do is the domino that affects everybody,” said Royce Brooks, executive director of Annie’s List, the Texas Democratic women-in-politics group.
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