The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

Kidd responded by explaining that, at the state level, his team acts as the “alarm bell” when receiving information from the ...

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state lawmakers gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to examine the catastrophic July 4th flooding that ...

Texas lawmakers scrutinized the state's emergency response after a top Republican said the panel had no intention of ...

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

During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National ... or vacant positions impacted the emergency response in Texas, ... any staffing issues or other concerns related to FEMA, ...

Beshear emphasized that he did not want to speculate about if any cuts or vacant positions impacted the emergency response in Texas, adding "that needs to ultimately be a fact-based question that ...