On the first day of the special legislative session, a group of state representatives and community leaders rallied at the ...

In 1976, a flood killed 144 people in Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado. The similarities to this month’s flood in central ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people after a top Republican said legislators had no ...

Richardson's appearance came after a wave of criticism and fallout over the response, including the resignation Monday of FEMA's urban search and rescue leader. President Donald Trump and Homeland ...

(The Center Square) – Only five days into the special session and 15 Texas House Democrats left the state to meet with the Democratic governors of California and Illinois looking for ways to oppose ...

Texas House Democrats say Abbott allowed President Donald Trump to take over Texas because he added redistricting to the special session in response to concerns raised by the Department of Justice.

While climate change continues to exacerbate extreme weather, poor governance is often at fault for unnecessary deaths following weather events. People die because of lack of warning and delayed ...

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ...

The temptation for many people is to drop everything and go help the victims. And that's the wrong thing to do unless you have specialized training and also an invitation to go with an official group.

New FEMA grants set to hand out $600M to states so they can build migrant detention facilities - Administration has leaned on ...

Christopher Scott, a professor in Pennsylvania State University’s ecosystem science and management department, explained how recent severe weather events are connected to climate change.

Early in his first term, Trump told his staff something revealing, that he likened the presidency to a TV program: “You have ...