AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Committee. This morning the ...

The Senate panel consists of seven Republicans and two Democrats. It first meets in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that ...

The recently created state Senate and state House committee on disaster preparedness and flooding are set to hold its second meeting in two weeks on Thursday, July 31, 2025. (KSAT) KERRVILLE, Texas – ...

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, the state emergency management chief told the Legislature on Wednesday.

A beloved Central Texas mom is recovering after receiving a life saving heart transplant following 62 days in ICU, and thanks to her progress Katie Russell, 32, of Waco, could finally be going home ...