The Commission on State Emergency Communications spent more of Wednesday morning on a vote whose outcome was never in question than on any other item on its agenda.
When storms opened over the Texas Hill Country last week — nearly a year to the day after floodwaters killed more than 130 people along the Guadalupe River — camp leaders across the region said they were watching the sky with new tools and a hard-earned sense of urgency.
Texas Game Wardens are investigating a fatal boating collision at the Bird Island Basin boat ramp on the Laguna Madre in Kleberg County, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has proposed requiring reserve law enforcement officers, part-time officers and public security officers to complete the state's benchmark active-shooter training, expanding a requirement adopted after the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.
The Texas Department of Transportation has opened the state’s first mechanical runaway truck ramp, a safety system on Loop 375 in El Paso designed to stop big rigs that lose their brakes.
The Texas Department of Transportation is urging drivers to slow down, warning that speeding remains the leading factor in the state’s deadliest crashes.
The Texas House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee will hear invited testimony July 30 on foreign-influenced money transmitters, gaps in foreign-agent disclosure, and remote-access technology embedded in Texas critical infrastructure.
By Officer Carl Kearney Last June, the City of Austin ended its license plate reader program after a one-year pilot program.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released new aerial footage of evacuations, flooding and damage to state parks recorded by Texas Game Warden unmanned aircraft systems pilots, the agency said in a July 19 media advisory.
Texas Game Wardens have completed 153 rescues and 92 evacuations during the state's ongoing flood response, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported in a July 18 media advisory.