In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows created the Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, which ...

State emergency management officials discussed emergency preparedness and resilience amid natural disasters in a conversation hosted by the Atlantic Council. Topics included investing in ...

The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood ...

Whenever a state is hit by any type of disaster, they know to immediately call FEMA and their costs will be covered. This is because the 1988 Stafford Act changed how and when FEMA is called into ...

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...

The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.

Traditional disasters with an acute phase and a relatively finite timeline for the immediate response are becoming a thing of the past. Emergency management and public health must now, instead, pivot ...

The Health Collaborative's CEO says programming slated for elimination in the current US budget proposed by President Donald Trump would cut funds for disaster preparedness efforts in the Tri-State.