Texas Youth Camps Urged to Address Mental Health as Part of State Safety Mandates November 25, 2025 By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune and Jessica Shuran-Yu, The Texas Tribune Texas officials are requiring youth camps to have weather alert systems, mandated emergency preparedness plans, and various communication methods to...
Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Allege Negligence in Lawsuit November 13, 2025 By Sean Murphy The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July...
Texas Legislature Forms Committees to Investigate July Deadly Floods October 16, 2025 By Alex Nguyen Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the...
Camp Owners in Texas Fear Closure Due to New Safety Regulations October 14, 2025 By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune and Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Texas camp owners on Friday urged the state health agency to give them more time and flexibility on costly new...
Camp Mystic Plans Partial Reopening After Devastating Texas Floods September 24, 2025 By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will...
Camp Mystic Parents Pushed for Camp Safety Laws But Their Pain Remains September 16, 2025 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Matthew Childress arrived at Matt’s El Rancho, an Austin restaurant, on Sept. 4 with mixed feelings of anticipation and grief....
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans September 8, 2025 By Sean Murphy In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill...
Texas Bill Would Levy Stricter Penalties on Camps Following Hill Country Flood August 26, 2025 By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune A bill that would tighten how youth camps are penalized for safety deficiencies and that would diminish the industry’s influence...
Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods August 25, 2025 By Claudia Lauer, Gene Johnson, Jamie Stengle and Mark Thiessen Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose....
Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance August 22, 2025 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130...