On the first day of the special legislative session, a group of state representatives and community leaders rallied at the ...

The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...

During the Texas Legislature's special legislative session hearing on Hill Country floods on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, state ...

Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, ...

Governor Greg Abbott will introduce flood preparedness legislation at Monday's special session following deadly July 4th ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows created the Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, which ...

The flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country was the main topic during the opening of a special ...

The letter writer chides liberals for blaming President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott for the damage done by the July ...

The joint House and Senate committee will first meet in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31 to hear from Hill ...

The first hearing of the committee will discuss the state’s response to the flooding, the state’s disaster preparedness more ...

At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

AUSTIN, Texas - With the heartbreak caused by the Hill Country flood fresh in their minds, Texas lawmakers begin work on ...