Texas lawmakers have filed bills to improve early warning systems and emergency communications and to provide relief funding.

David Richardson, acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s response to deadly Texas floods despite pushback from lawmakers. During a ...

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, the state emergency management chief told the Legislature on Wednesday.

Texas lawmakers say they aren't seeking to assign blame or “armchair quarterback” as they review the catastrophic July 4 ...

AUSTIN ( NewsNation) — Texas lawmakers will meet for the first time Wednesday to begin reviewing the response to catastrophic floods that killed at least 135 people over the Fourth of July weekend and ...

Ken Pagurek, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue chief, resigned Monday amid criticism over the ...

Professional crisis communicators watched the news conferences with dismay. Deflecting blame is not helpful if politicians ...

Perhaps that is why the images coming out of the Texas Hill Country are so painful to watch. Kerr County, in particular, has ...

Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s ...

Former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is in a new role these days, but she’s also in a familiar place: on the receiving end of criticism over her handling of ...

Money has not publicly apologized or commented on the backlash. He previously shared a post calling Gov. Greg Abbott "absolutely correct" for criticizing questions about the blame for failures that ...