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Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods
Competing legislative priorities and an industry that has pushed against certain regulations could challenge a suite of camp safety bills this special legislative session.
Rural Texas county’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis
Texas lawmakers searched for answers during a hearing on the deadly July 4 floods that overwhelmed Kerr County in a matter of hours. The hearing was the first time a panel of lawmakers visited the hard-hit Texas Hill Country since the floods. At least 136 people were killed, including 27 youths and counselors at an all-girls camp.
Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Officials Over Deadly Hill Country Floods
Texas state lawmakers from both parties criticized local authorities in Kerr County for being unprepared for the devastating July Fourth flooding that left more than 135 people dead in their region.
Texas lawmakers fault Kerr County officials on response to deadly floods
Thursday’s special hearing in Kerr County is the public’s first chance to speak directly to legislators. “We have every right to be angry,” one woman says.
Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials as flood recovery plods on
Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.
Texas Senate to give final vote on THC bill
The proposed ban targets synthetic cannabinoids often sold in edible or vaporized form, which are currently legal under Texas ...
Texas Roadhouse hit with civil rights complaint alleging DEI discrimination in hiring practices
A conservative legal group accused Texas Roadhouse of illegal discrimination by using race and gender criteria in its hiring ...
‘They control everything’: How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey
By monopolizing the ice, the Stars effectively control the pathways by which young players advance to the sport's highest ...
Texas map fight escalates as Jeffries vows ‘all options’ to stop GOP plan
Democrats consider counter-efforts in blue states like California after Texas GOP proposes new congressional maps to flip ...
August heat will ‘likely' be above normal for North Texas. Here's the forecast
Traditionally, August is the hottest month of the year in North Texas with a normal monthly high of 95.8 degrees. It's been a ...
Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing
All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, ...
Texas football: Michael Taaffe could change positions for defense
All-American Texas football player Michael Taaffe could change positions for the Longhorns defense as the team gets ready for ...
County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when ...
A Texas researcher was held at an airport for over a week. Now he faces deportation
A legal permanent resident with a green card who flew back to the U.S. after visiting family in South Korea was detained by ...