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A public hearing on the fatal July 4 flash floods in Kerr County, Texas, revealed that officials believe no alert system could have prevented the disaster, while victims' families and a state official ...
Their statements to state legislators marked the first time county officials have spoken publicly about what they were doing the morning of the disaster that killed more than 100 people in the county.
Kerr County officials testified before state lawmakers on Thursday, July 31, during a public hearing on disaster preparedness ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Houston lawmakers did not hold back in asking tough questions at a special hearing on the Texas floods in Kerrville.
The joint Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding met Thursday in Kerrville, Texas — the site of the deadly Independence Day Floods — for the second time to hear testimony about the ...
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"You should have been here directing that response. That is your responsibility,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Kerr County Judge ...
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A rural Texas county was missing some of its key leadership in the initial hours of a catastrophic ...
Texas Senate passes bill to ban THC product sales, reigniting tensions between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott.
AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers moved a notch closer in their quest to bar local governments from using public dollars on outside lobbyists Wednesday. The GOP-dominated Texas Senate approved the bill on a 17 ...