Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP seats through a rare mid-decade redistricting.

AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott added four counties to the state’s disaster declaration following catastrophic flooding hit Texas earlier this month. In a Wednesday news release, Abbott said Edwards, Kinney, Real and Schleicher counties are joining 26 other counties that already received a state disaster declaration from the governor’s office.

"We must ensure better preparation in the future," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement posted on social media.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott extends the drought disaster proclamation due to persistent severe drought, including additional counties for state support.

During a House Administration Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) spoke about voter integrity laws in Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)

Search efforts in Kerr County have reduced the missing count to two after July Fourth floods, with one young girl and an adult man still unaccounted for.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed gratitude to 26 states that sent emergency teams and resources to help with flood recovery.

We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.