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The aftermath of deadly flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend has moved to the top of the agenda for a special ...

The Texas Legislature has commenced a special session to address disaster response and redistricting, with three hearings ...

The Texas Legislature's special session focuses on flood response, redistricting, and THC product regulation, with ...

The Texas Capitol is buzzing as the legislative special session officially begins. Lawmakers were called back to Austin on ...

Texas lawmakers start a 30-day special session addressing flooding response, THC regulation, and redistricting.

As deadly floodwaters surged through Kerr County earlier this month, twin siblings Kendall and Haley Higgins didn’t hesitate ...

Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

Kerr County officials now estimate that flood damage from the recent Central Texas disaster could exceed $200 million—and to ...

President Donald Trump said he believes Texas can squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the ...

On the first day of a high-stakes special legislative session, Texas lawmakers took up just one issue: redistricting. That ...

As recovery efforts continue in Kerrville, more than 100 volunteers from the faith-based Hindu nonprofit organization called, ...