The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.

Ex-FEMA officials say the vigorous federal response underscores how difficult it would be for states to take on FEMA’s responsibilities if it were dismantled.

The governor directed lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries, an effort President Donald Trump has been ...

Abbott’s lengthy agenda for the Texas Legislature includes unfinished business, such as eliminating the STAAR test, and ...

Lawmakers will take up bills on items related to flood warning systems, flood relief funding and natural disaster preparation ...

More than 170 people are missing and the confirmed death toll has climbed to nearly 120 after flash floods devastated parts ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office released the agenda for the upcoming special session of the legislature on Wednesday.

Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to ...

Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Wednesday that identified 18 agenda items for the upcoming Special Session. The ...

The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.

Crews on Wednesday continued to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to the Hill ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXXV) — Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation on Wednesday, setting an 18-item agenda for the upcoming Special Session. "There is more work to be done, particularly in the ...