The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.
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The investigation, which also targets Cameron, Eastland and Guadalupe counties, comes ahead of a special legislative session in which state lawmakers will consider giving the attorney general's office the authority to prosecute election crimes. A Houston attorney says the probe is part of a "smoke and mirrors game" to diminish the influence of Democratic voters.
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The Trump administration has asked Congress to rescind funds for NPR/PBS and foreign aid. Congress has until the end of the week to approve the cuts.
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The Trump administration announced on Monday a duty of about 17% on fresh tomatoes from Mexico, which account for two-thirds of the tomatoes eaten in the U.S., and the end of an export deal between the two countries.
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Michael Coen, chief of staff of FEMA under former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, called on the state to be more proactive in preparing for disasters.
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Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges.
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The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.
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When we asked for the emails, the governor's office said some of the correspondence with the billionaire and his companies contains 'intimate' information that isn't of 'legitimate concern to the public.'
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The president joined the players on the field after the match to present PSG players with their runner-up medals and hand Chelsea their championship trophy.
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What is happening to the American bedrock idea of the rule of law under a president who isn’t confined by the law? PBS’s FRONTLINE takes a look at President Trump’s second term and goes inside the high-stakes showdown between Trump and the courts over presidential power. How is Trump testing the extent of his power—and can the limits hold?
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Cuellar and Ramiro Cavazos, the president and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, held a press conference on Saturday to urge the Trump administration to extend the Tomato Suspension Agreement or risk sweeping economic damage to business sectors built on stable tomato prices.