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The Texas Senate and House Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows created the Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, which ...
BLOG: Texas lawmakers hearing reveals lack of flood disaster preparedness
The first hearing of the committee will discuss the state's response to the flooding, the state's disaster preparedness more ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
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WATCH LIVE: Texas lawmakers meet on flooding, disaster preparedness for first time in special session
The joint committee of state legislators assembled by Gov. Greg Abbott to address the flooding in the Hill Country and ...
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First Texas flood hearing reveals gap in disaster training
AUSTIN, Texas - The first of several legislative hearings into the Fourth of July flooding took place on Wednesday. The ...
Texas lawmakers review catastrophic floods but say they aren’t out to assign blame
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A review by Texas lawmakers into the catastrophic July 4 floods has no intention of second-guessing ...
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Lawmakers meet at first special session hearing on disaster preparedness after Hill Country floods
The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood ...
Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, ...
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Newly formed Texas disaster preparedness and flooding committee will visit Kerr County
The joint House and Senate committee will first meet in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31 to hear from Hill ...