Greg Abbott

Friday begins Phase 2 of Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to Open Texas, and that means after more than two months bars can welcome customers again. Area police departments are expected to be stepping up DUI patrols.

Friday marks phase two of reopening the state of Texas and after more than two months, bars can welcome customers again.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced 44 new COVID-19 testing sites will open at CVS drive-through pharmacies across the state Friday with another 36 to come by the end of the month.

Texans needing to get a new driver’s license or state-issued ID card won’t have to wait much longer. On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin a phased opening of driver’s license offices starting May 26 with limited service offerings.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is distributing 81 cases of the antiviral drug remdesivir to 33 hospitals across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday.

To date, Governor Abbott has not included arts organizations or concert venues in his guidance for the reopening of Texas.

To date, Governor Abbott has not included arts organizations or concert venues in his guidance for the reopening of Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the next phase of the “safe and strategic” opening of Texas will resume this week, including the immediate opening of child care facilities and several other businesses while bars and breweries will come at the end of the week.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the next phase of the “safe and strategic” opening of Texas will resume this week, including the immediate opening of child care facilities and several other businesses while bars and breweries will come at the end of the week.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the next phase of the “safe and strategic” opening of Texas will resume this week, including the opening of bars and concert halls, with some changes being made effective immediately while others will go into effect on Friday.

Texas A&M AgriLife experts are launching a task force, at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to protect the state’s agriculture from the so-called “murder hornet.”

Rural Texas hospitals are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extended his disaster declaration for all of the state’s counties Tuesday, allowing more access to state resources.

Rural Texas hospitals are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic.

It has been more than 50 days since Texas bars and nightclubs have been closed due to restrictions designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections.

Dozens of people gathered outside a Dallas courthouse Monday to show their support for the county judge who sent a salon owner to jail for seven days after she opened her business earlier than Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan allowed.

The reopening of Texas continues Friday as salons, barbershops, nail salons and tanning facilities are allowed to open their doors for the first time in well over a month.

The reopening of Texas continues Friday as salons, barbershops, nail salons and tanning facilities are allowed to open their doors for the first time in well over a month.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday removed jail as a punishment for violating his coronavirus restrictions following outcry over a Dallas salon owner who was jailed after refusing to keep her business closed.

Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther walked out of the Dallas County Jail shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, after the Texas Supreme Court ordered her release.