Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the U.S. Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration covering South-Central Texas communities damaged by severe storms in August, a step that would open federal disaster loans to Bexar County and its contiguous counties.
The Texas House Committee on State Affairs will gavel in at 10 a.m. Sept. 14 in Room JHR 140 to take invited and public testimony on two interim charges that pick up where the Legislature stopped after the July 2025 Hill Country floods: how the state prepares for, responds to and recovers from disasters, and whether Texas should stand up a formal council to make first responders' radios work with one another.
Governor Greg Abbott surveyed damage from the Ross Fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties on Sept. 3, served meals to first responders in Mineral Wells and delivered an update on the state's ongoing wildfire response, his office announced.
Texas Game Wardens will patrol lakes, rivers and coastal waters throughout Labor Day weekend as continued hot weather draws heavy boating traffic, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said in a Sept. 3 news release.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Sept. 2 that it is stepping up enforcement for Labor Day weekend, with more troopers on the roads including for Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort, known as Operation CARE, which runs Sept. 4-7.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reminded Texans Sept. 1 not to drive impaired during football season and encouraged fans to arrange transportation before attending tailgates, sports bars or other gatherings where they plan to drink alcohol.
The state agency that licenses every Texas peace officer and jailer votes Sept. 3 on rules creating a certificate an officer would need before administering a polygraph test — either to someone applying for a law enforcement job or to a subject in a criminal investigation.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Aug. 28 that Texas Rangers and the Universal City Police Department have identified a suspect in a 1981 Bexar County sexual assault and murder, using modern forensic testing to close a case that had gone cold for more than four decades.
The Texas Department of Public Safety welcomed 51 new Texas Highway Patrol troopers from Recruit Class A-2026 during a graduation ceremony Aug. 28 at Hill Country Bible Church in Cedar Park.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the promotion of Mimzie Dennis to chief of its Driver License Division, a move confirmed by the Public Safety Commission during its meeting at DPS headquarters, the agency said in an Aug. 27 news release.