After Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes cyberbullying prevention bill, some worry forms of online harassment...
Two years ago, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill criminalizing cyberbullying, with an increased punishment if there's proof a bully intended for a...
Gov. Greg Abbott deploys DPS to combat Dallas violent crime spike
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to send officers to Dallas to help the city's police respond...
Gov. Greg Abbott signs several school safety bills in wake of shooting at Santa...
Capping off a yearslong effort to prevent another school shooting like the Santa Fe High tragedy, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a series of bills into law...
A year after Santa Fe School Shooting Texas School Safety Bills Take Shape
On the first anniversary of the Santa Fe school shooting that killed 10 and injured 13, school safety legislation is coming into focus, just...
Texas Senate passes school safety bill intended to prevent mass shootings
In the first legislative session after the deadly mass shooting at Santa Fe High School, the Texas Senate nearly unanimously approved a sweeping school...
Hurricane Harvey destroyed every apartment in Rockport, Texas. Some residents are still waiting for...
Hurricane Harvey, which caused more than $125 billion in damage, is the most expensive storm in Texas history. It wreaked havoc on nearly every...
Is Texas leading on disaster preparedness? Yes and no, experts say
More than a year and a half after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, killing dozens, the state is still waiting on billions in federal...
"We're all afraid to go to school": After Santa Fe, Texas seeks to make...
Students at Westwood High School describe the threat of school shootings as a "constant fear." Last May, at Santa Fe High School, near Houston,...
Texas Senate leaders unveil $1.8 billion package of disaster relief bills
More than a year and a half after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the state, Texas Senate leaders announced a $1.8 billion trio of disaster relief...
Complicated applications led to FEMA funding less than 1 percent of Harvey infrastructure repairs
The complicated method by which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reviews and allocates disaster-related funds has resulted in it paying for less than one percent of Texas’ Harvey-related infrastructure projects, according to the Texas Standard.
