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Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk

Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk

The language Abbott’s office used appears to be fairly boilerplate. Paxton’s office, in an explanation of the common-law privacy exception on its website, mentions that “personal financial information” that doesn’t deal with government transactions “is generally highly intimate or embarrassing and must be withheld.” But Bill Aleshire, a Texas-based attorney specializing in public records law, was appalled that the governor …

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The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters | Greg Abbott

The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters | Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has had plenty of consoling words to offer following the tragic flash floods in the Hill Country that have killed more than 120 people, including 27 girls and counsellors at the stricken Camp Mystic. “Our hearts grieve for this community and surrounding areas,” he wrote on social media. “May God bring comfort to …

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