Greg Abbott

Rule Changes

Authorized Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois and Oregon

The Supreme Court told President Trump he can't send National Guard troops to Illinois. The 6-3 decision on December 23 marks the first time the modern court has blocked a president from federalizing state Guard units over a governor's objections. Trump claimed protests at an ICE facility in suburban Chicago constituted a rebellion, and the court wasn't buying it.

Updated 2 hours ago

Rule Changes

Facing federal lawsuit over CAIR terrorist designation and land-ownership ban

In less than a month, Texas and Florida governors branded CAIR, the country's largest Muslim civil rights group, a "foreign terrorist organization." Both states ordered cuts to contracts, jobs, and funding. CAIR calls it a smear campaign; the governors say they're targeting Hamas-linked extremists.

Updated 6 days ago

Rule Changes

Signed the redrawn map into law; defending it in court

States usually redraw congressional districts once a decade, after the census. Texas just redrew its map four years early—and the U.S. Supreme Court has now cleared it for the 2026 midterm elections.

Updated Apr 27

Built World

Leading state nuclear expansion campaign

Texas has opened applications for a $350 million fund to jumpstart advanced nuclear reactor construction — the largest state-level nuclear energy investment in the United States. The Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, created by legislation Governor Greg Abbott signed in June 2025, is now accepting proposals from companies that want to build next-generation reactors, manufacture nuclear components, or rebuild the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain. But there's a catch: only two projects in the state currently meet the fund's requirement of having a construction permit application filed with federal regulators.

Updated Apr 15

Rule Changes

Leading aggressive TPUSA expansion effort

Nebraska became the sixth state to announce an official partnership with Turning Point USA to bring the conservative organization's Club America chapters to every public high school. The pattern is now clear: since founder Charlie Kirk's assassination in September 2025, Republican governors have lined up to formalize state support for the organization's high school expansion—with some threatening disciplinary action against schools that resist.

Updated Feb 10

Force in Play

Managing state response to winter storm

Winter Storm Fern ranks among the deadliest recent U.S. winter events with over 150 confirmed fatalities across multiple states as of early February 2026, following 106 deaths reported on January 28. The storm brought crippling ice and heavy snow across a 2,000-mile path from Texas to Maine, leading President Trump to approve federal emergency declarations for at least 10 states amid over 1 million peak power outages, 14,000+ flight cancellations—the worst aviation disruption since COVID-19—and wind chills to minus 50°F. Fatalities included hypothermia, traffic accidents, and ice-related incidents, with Tennessee reporting 29 deaths, Mississippi 28, and others in states like Louisiana (8), New York City (8 frozen outdoors), Kentucky, and Texas (3 boys drowning after falling through pond ice).

Updated Feb 5

Rule Changes

Signed Texas Responsible AI Governance Act

The DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force began operations on January 10, 2026, with one mission: kill state AI laws in federal court. California, Texas, and Colorado passed comprehensive AI regulations throughout 2025—transparency requirements, discrimination protections, governance mandates. President Trump's December executive order called them unconstitutional burdens on interstate commerce. Now Attorney General Pam Bondi's team will challenge them, consulting with AI czar David Sacks on which laws to target first.

Updated Jan 12