Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Hunt for Offending Books, Including LGBTQ+ Ones, Closes Library
books for children and young adults to see if they have supposedly objectionable content, including LGBTQ+ topics.The closure is one consequence of challenges to library books in several Texas locales.
Several public officials have expressed concern about certain books, including state Rep. Matt Krause and Gov. Greg Abbott.Krause, a Republican who chairs the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, had sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and several school districts in October asking them to identify books owned by the districts that deal with human sexuality or “contain material that might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex or convey that a.
