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Climate change isn’t mentioned in Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda, and yet it can be found throughout. As ...
The Trump administration appears to be drastically reducing the federal funds it offers to help states head off future ...
Texas state lawmakers met during a special session on Wednesday, to address for the first time the deadly flash floods that ...
Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority ...
While search efforts continue for the few missing in the Texas Hill Country, state officials met to evaluate the response to ...
A panel of Texas House and Senate lawmakers are holding a joint meeting today where they're discussing the state's response ...
At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.
State lawmakers got their first chance to ask questions to the top of Texas’ emergency response about the floods at the ...
During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.
Texas lawmakers convened Wednesday morning for the first hearing of the Joint Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. The 18 senators and representatives heard invited testimony about the ...
A bipartisan panel of Texas House and Senate lawmakers were scheduled to hear from at least 17 state and local leaders during ...
Texas lawmakers are meeting for the first time to address the deadly July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people.