July 15, 2025 - By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t want to reveal months of communications with Elon Musk or representatives from the tech mogul’s companies, arguing in part that they are of a private nature, not of public interest and potentially embarrassing.

The governor’s office said some of the correspondence with the billionaire and his companies contains “intimate” information that isn’t of “legitimate concern to the public.”

Musk had become more entrenched in Texas politics after the movement of both Tesla and SpaceX headquarters from California to the state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that the federal government has updated President Donald Trump’s Major Disaster Declaration following recent flooding across

Redistricting is one of 18 items on the agenda during the Texas legislative special session that begins July 21.

At least 131 people died in the flash floods that devastated Central Texas over Fourth of July weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a Monday news briefing. Seventeen of those deaths occurred across Travis, Burnet and Williamson counties, according to the latest figures from the governor.

The governor was quick to request federal assistance last week after devastating floods hit the Texas Hill Country.

As search efforts entered their fifth day in the devastating Central Texas floods, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to find "every single missing person," stressing that the mission will not end until all victims are accounted for amid a death toll that has surpassed 100.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map as part of a special session that kicks off later this month, as the GOP seeks to retain its narrow US House majority after next year’s midterm elections.

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.