Cyber Command Chief Tells Texas Lawmakers Rural Help Is ‘Pretty Close to Zero’
Texas stood up a cybersecurity agency last year and gave it responsibility for the whole state.
Texas stood up a cybersecurity agency last year and gave it responsibility for the whole state.
The board that certifies Texas firefighters meets Thursday to approve its annual count of who got hurt on the job, alongside a staff analysis of four years of injuries on the fire ground.
A woman who once worked in Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's office walked into a Texas House hearing Aug. 18 with a dollar figure for the state's disaster relief fund and asked members why so little of it reached ranchers.
The Texas Senate Committee on Transportation will gavel in at 9 a.m. Aug. 25 to take invited and public testimony on three interim charges: how the Texas Department of Transportation is spending a fast-growing pot of rail grade-separation money, how the state's driverless-vehicle law is being carried out, and whether Texas is issuing commercial driver licenses carefully enough.
The Texas House Permanent Standing Subcommittee on County and Regional Government will gavel in at 9 a.m. Aug. 25 to take invited and public testimony on two interim charges: whether Texas counties can recruit, train and keep law enforcement officers, and whether more counties should be required to run a medical examiner's office.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging college students returning to campus for the fall semester to make smart decisions and stay aware of their surroundings both on and off campus, the agency said in an Aug. 17 news release.
The Texas Department of Transportation is supporting increased law enforcement efforts statewide from Aug. 14 through Sept. 7 and taking its Drive Sober.
Cartel fuel trafficking generates an estimated $12 billion to $21 billion a year — and some federal investigators now believe it has passed narcotics as the cartels' top revenue stream, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety told the Senate Select Committee on Homeland and Border Security Thursday.
A drone expert opened the first hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Homeland and Border Security Wednesday with a countdown: "In security terms, today, August 12th is August 12, 2001.
The board that oversees Texas's civil commitment program for sex offenders meets Friday on medical care at its West Texas lockup, a 2027 budget and an audit plan — while state reviewers decide whether the agency should exist at all.