Texas Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett have demanded details and documents from federal agencies tasked with tracking and responding to disasters following the devastating floods in Texas Hill Country, questioning whether recent Department of Government Efficiency cuts to the National Weather Service and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s cost control measures at DHS may have played a role.
Federal disaster assistance will now be available for eight additional Texas counties impacted by deadly flash floods, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Friday. At least 160 people are still missing as a result of the floods, which followed torrential rain over the July 4 weekend. At least 120 people are dead in six counties. Five…
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Federal funding cuts have resulted in Knox County Schools losing 27.5 positions from its district office for the upcoming school year.
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A staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now taken on a key role at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which President Trump has sought to reduce and reform despite its independent status. David Wright, whom Trump has renominated for a spot on the commission, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee…
A Texas nonprofit foundation said Friday that $30 million has been raised to support people in Kerr County impacted by the recent floods. “In just one week, donors from across Texas and beyond have given over $30 million to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund—a powerful show of support for our neighbors in crisis,” the…
Dispatch audio has surfaced from the critical hours before a deadly flood hit its height in Kerr County, helping piece together the timeframe local officials have yet to provide amid public scrutiny of their decisions on July 4.
While Kerr County officials say they didn’t know how bad the July 4 flooding would be, it warned residents nearly eight years ago to “be flood aware” about the ongoing potential for “monstrous and devastating flash floods.”
