(FW) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott teased a major announcement Tuesday and this afternoon declared an end to mask mandates and that all businesses will be opened up at 100% capacity beginning March 10th.
He made the comments in Lubbock, Texas at a planned meeting with business leaders. “Texas has been ranked #1 in the United States in business for 16 straight years,” Abbott said before explaining that despite weathering the economic storm of COVID-19 relatively well, people were still suffering from restrictions.
The governor then became the first in America to announce a full re-opening. “It is now time to open Texas 100%. Everybody who wants to work should have that opportunity. Every business that wants to be open should be open,” Abbott said. “Let me tell you why now is the right time to do this.
Texas is far better positioned now than when I issue my last executive order last October,” the governor explained. “Today we set a one-day record amount of vaccines administered…and we’re now administering about a million shots a week.” Speaking to rounds of applause from the business leaders in the room, Abbott continued to lay out his reasoning for making the move. READ MORE
