The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp ...

Congress should be demanding accountability from FEMA. Instead they're going on vacation. A short hearing by the House ...

Even before dozens died in flood waters on July 4, Texas ranked first in the U.S. in number of deaths due to natural ...

The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.

The head of FEMA offered no guarantees about the agency’s survival during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He also ...

A bipartisan panel of Texas House and Senate lawmakers were scheduled to hear from at least 17 state and local leaders during a July 23 hearing about the state’s response to the July 4-5 flooding in ...

During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.

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

Texas lawmakers start a 30-day special session July 21. They will tackle consumable THC, flood dangers, new congressional ...