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 ...

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

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...

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

Texas lawmakers gathered for a special session to address the deadly flooding that hit the state earlier this month. CBS News ...

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 ...

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

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

AUSTIN, Texas - The first of several legislative hearings into the Fourth of July flooding took place on Wednesday. The ...

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