With few options to prevent the Republican majority from passing a new congressional map, Democrats threatened to filibuster, delay hearings and even break quorum.

After a seven-week breather, Texas lawmakers are back in business and expressing a profound commitment to preventing in the future the horrible loss of life suffered in the Hill Country during July 4 flash flooding.

The Houston Office of Emergency Management is hoping their alert system will be appealing to the public by only sending you notifications on emergencies happening in the Houston area.

Wu didn't offer details on the tactics Democrats plan to implement, but said Democrats will remain in communication.

As recovery efforts continue in Kerrville, more than 100 volunteers from the faith-based Hindu nonprofit organization called, Sewa International, are there assisting in any way they can.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott laid out a busy agenda for the first called special session of 2025, calling on policymakers to deliver flood relief and redraw the state's congressional districts.

A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according to experts and the bill’s

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Houston's quality-of-life committee will be discussing a potential ban on electric scooters in Downtown, Midtown and East Downtown, citing safety concerns.

While the study didn’t detail why Houston made the list, it ranked the city as the 18th most boring in the U.S., just barely making the cut for the top 20. Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, ranked slightly better on the boredom scale.