VLCT testified repeatedly to resolve the more than $10 million (and growing) surplus in the PILOT Special Fund generated by growing Local Option Tax (LOT) revenue. By the end of fiscal year 2025, the ...

The deadly flash flooding in Texas on July 4, 2025, and destructive flash floods a week later in states including New Mexico , Vermont and Iowa are ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.