The Republican governor of Texas will lay out his legislative priorities in the televised address.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will reveal his legislative agenda in a televised broadcast of his traditional State of the State speech on Sunday at 5 p.m.
The Republican governor’s speech, typically delivered in the early weeks of the biennial legislative session, will help set the tone for the GOP-dominated Texas Legislature as lawmakers spend the next several months passing a budget and debating state policy. Nexstar Media Group Inc. television stations across Texas will carry the live telecast. Nexstar also will make the live feed of the telecast available to every broadcast company serving Texas.
A livestream of the broadcast also will be available on Nexstar station websites. The governor’s office has not yet announced whether the speech will be livestreamed on social media.Karen Brooks Harper has covered Texas politics in and out of Austin for nearly 30 years. She's also covered the cartel wars along the TX-MX border, Congress in Mexico City, and 6 hurricanes, among other stories.
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