Governor Greg Abbott

A viral TikTok with nearly 2 million views shows Lena Blietz, a sports journalist in Texas, confronting Greg Abbott from the stands at a Longhorns football game.

On Tuesday, March 16th, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that state resources were on standby for inclement weather that was expected to impact the state through Wednesday.

Face coverings will still be required at H-E-B stores despite Texas' statewide mask mandate being lifted as of March 10th.

Lubbock ISD Superintendent Kathy Rollo said that despite Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifting the statewide mask mandate, district students and staff will still be required to wear them.

The day after Governor Greg Abbott announced the end of Texas' mask mandate, the United Family issued a statement on how it would impact customers and employees.

Following Governor Greg Abbott's announcement on Tuesday, March 2nd, Lubbock-Cooper ISD rescinded the district's mask mandate effective March 10th.

Tuesday afternoon (March 2nd) at an event in Lubbock, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott announced the state is being reopened after months of COVID-19-related restrictions.

On Monday, February 22nd, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had approved 31 Texas counties to be added to the President's Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance.

On February 2nd, 2021, it was confirmed that Trauma Service Area B, which includes Lubbock, was no longer considered a high hospitalization area for COVID-19.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the Texas Division of Emergency Management had established a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Lubbock.

On Tuesday, December 22nd, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the City of Tahoka had been designated a Film Friendly Texas Community by the Texas Film Commission.

Governor Abbott says over a million Texans should expect to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of 2020.