Gov. Greg Abbott has spent the duration of the hurricane on a pre-scheduled trip to meet with foreign diplomats in Asia, leaving Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as acting governor.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Texas is receiving federal aid for Hurricane Beryl later than needed because state leaders were slow to request an official disaster declaration from the White House, President Joe Biden toldWith Gov. Greg Abbott out of the country on an economic development trip in Asia, Lt. Gov.
“We are appreciative that the federal government will step in and they will pick up most of the cost as we go through recovery of the storm,” Patrick said at a Tuesday press briefing.
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