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The Texas Senate and House Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows created the Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, which ...
Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Committee meets for the first time, hearing from state officials
In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster ...
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Lawmakers meet at first special session hearing on disaster preparedness after Hill Country floods
The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
Texas A&M researchers look at disaster preparedness on individual level
Dr. Matthew Boyce, a professor in Health Policy and Management, said the study was conducted by way of a national survey in ...
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WATCH LIVE: Texas lawmakers meet on flooding, disaster preparedness for first time in special session
The joint committee of state legislators assembled by Gov. Greg Abbott to address the flooding in the Hill Country and ...
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Redistricting, flood preparedness to take center stage as Texas Legislature’s special session begins
The Texas Capitol is buzzing as the legislative special session officially begins. Lawmakers were called back to Austin on ...
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Newly formed Texas disaster preparedness and flooding committee will visit Kerr County
The joint House and Senate committee will first meet in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31 to hear from Hill ...