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.
Texas health officials on Thursday reported both the state’s highest one-day coronavirus death toll, and the state’s highest number of new COVID-19 cases.
Those devastating results come two weeks after Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state to re-open on May 1. Despite a steady upward trajectory Gov.
Abbott says the rate of COVID-19 cases is “leveling off” and hinted other business might be allowed to re-open soon. He is allowing gyms to re-open Monday. “The new cases Thursday marked the seventh