"While we honor the service of a former President, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming President," Gov. Greg Abbott says

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson granted President-elect Trump's request to suspend a 30-day mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter in order to fly flags at full staff during the inauguration.

A reader is appalled that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags flown fully raised for Donald Trump's inauguration day, neglecting honor for Jimmy Carter.

The project will create a new home for the Guzman family, who lived on the lot for over 30 years in a house that was unrepairable as they approached retirement.

Flags will remain at half-mast and half-staff most of the month for Jimmy Carter's death. Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning for his funeral.

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

WASHINGTON - The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held at the Washington National ... After three days of funeral events in Washington, Bush was headed home to Texas for his burial.

Before Glenn Robinson, former CEO of Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest in Waco, was working in healthcare, Robinson was a 21-year-old reporter and radio news director in Americus, GA., just 14 miles from Carter’s hometown of Plains.

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that the flags lowered to half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter be raised for Donald Trump's inauguration.

Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying. Here's what we know.