Texas Governor Orders Flags Back to Full Staff

“Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said in a news release on Monday that he would set aside the customary 30-day observance period in which flags outside public buildings have been lowered in recognition of former President Jimmy Carter’s death to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week,” the New York Times reports.

“The announcement that flags at all state buildings would be raised next Monday came as a symbolic show of deference to Mr. Trump that broke with the federal mourning period for Mr. Carter, recognizing the president-elect’s inauguration over the tributes to an ex-president in Texas on that day.”