Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid of FEMA’ While Touring Disaster Areas January 27, 2025 By Will Weissert President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina and said he was considering “getting...
Texas Seeking Money for ‘Coastal Spine,’ Government Protection from Climate Change August 23, 2018 By Will Weissert As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project...
Texas Governor Calls White House Disaster Aid Bill ‘Inadequate’ November 20, 2017 By Will Weissert Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Nov. 17 criticized as “completely inadequate” the Trump administration’s $44 billion request to Congress...
Texas Balloon Pilot Previously Had DWI Arrest in Missouri August 2, 2016 By Emily Schmall and Will Weissert The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard was arrested in...
FEMA Approves Aid For Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast August 5, 2013 By Will Weissert The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed its previous decision and approved additional funding to help rebuild the small Texas town...
Texas Governor: Storm Insurance Special Session Possibility June 3, 2013 By Will Weissert Gov. Rick Perry has said he may add reshaping the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to a special legislative session...
Texas House Approves Guns on Campus, School Marshals Bills May 6, 2013 By Will Weissert The Texas House has approved contentious plans to let college students carry concealed weapons to class and create special marshals...
Some Residents Allowed Back Home After Texas Blast April 22, 2013 By Christopher Sherman and Will Weissert Stranded families growing weary and frustrated since a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion left them barricaded from their battered homes...
78 Texas School Districts Without Safety Plan December 19, 2012 By Will Weissert Seventy-eight Texas school districts either have failed to submit state-mandated safety plans in the event of a mass shooting or...
Texas DA Investigating State Farm Hurricane Claims September 9, 2012 By Will Weissert Texas investigators have opened a criminal probe into how State Farm handled what may turn out to be thousands of...