Texas governor prepares executive order setting guidelines to reopen businesses

GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to unveil an executive order with guidelines on how businesses can reopen.

Abbott held a press conference Friday to announce a forthcoming executive order that sets guidelines for how businesses can begin to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Next week, I will be providing an executive order talking about what will be done in Texas about reopening Texas businesses,” Abbott said Friday, saying economic activity can resume “in a way that will be safe for that economic revitalization.”