BREAKING NEWS! The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Austin, April 26 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott appointed Republican political activist Stacey Buick to the Board of Directors of the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) this morning. Buick’s appointment is subject to confirmation by the Texas Senate. For decades, Montgomery County citizens have suffered gubernatorial […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, April 14 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has continued his efforts to prove that government bungles just about everything it does, outside of law enforcement and national defense. After spending weeks promoting, the Johnson & Johnson China Virus vaccine, Abbott yesterday issued a statement following the Centers for Disease […]
Image: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller would be a serious conservative alternative to the public-opinion-poll driven wish-washy politics of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, if Miller were to challenge Abbott in the 2022 Republican Primary Election. He’s shown in his personal office at his ranch in Stephenville. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin and Stephenville, April […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Laredo and Dallas, March 18 – Since Joe Biden came into office, the United States has seen a dramatic spike in the number of people encountered by border officials, with 18,945 family members and 9,297 unaccompanied children encountered in February — an increase of 168% and 63% from the month […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, March 16 – Governor Greg Abbott yesterday slammed President Joe Biden’s open border policy, which seems to welcome human trafficking across the Texas-Mexico border. Abbott said, “The Biden Administration’s reckless open border policies have created a humanitarian crisis for unaccompanied minors coming across the border. With no plan in […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, March 4 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has named Arthur D’Andrea as chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for a term “at the pleasure of the Governor,” according to Abbott’s press release. D’Andrea has served on the PUC as a Commissioner since 2017, so it’s questionable […]
DALLAS (AP) — The seam that split in a pipe under Nora Espinoza’s sink during the frigid cold that gripped Texas was narrower than the edge of a dime. Her kitchen appeared mostly undamaged, but the plumber that cut into Espinoza’s wall found water had been pouring in underneath the floor. She expects the repairs […]
Austin, February 23 – Governor Greg Abbott yesterday announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved an additional 31 Texas counties to be added to the President’s Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance. The Governor originally requested Individual Assistance for all 254 Texas counties on February 13th. On February 20th, the White House […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state’s dominant business and his biggest political contributor. And as the […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, February 18 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday provided an update on the state’s response to severe winter weather conditions and power outages throughout the state. The Governor discussed the weather forecast, response efforts to assist Texans in need, water quality, and other issues affecting communities across the state. […]