Texas Legislature

Since last July Fourth’s devastating floods in Texas, state lawmakers have been hearing stories from survivors, testimony from emergency officials and getting debriefs on investigations related to the flood. The Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey reports today, they’re meeting to adopt a report on the flood to guide new procedures to protect Texans during future natural disasters. With heat advisories expected this summer across Lubbock and the South Plains, KTTZ's Gabrielle De La Cruz has more on what to look out for and where West Texans can go for help.

More than 130 cities, most with fewer than 10,000 residents, were blocked from increasing their property tax revenue because they had broken the law.

The high court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais seriously weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and will likely result in further partisan redistricting in southern states, such as Texas.

The Eastland family, the camp's owners, testified the day after a team of investigators shared findings about a lack of emergency training among camp counselors.

The court issued a decision Monday morning allowing Texas to use the controversial congressional maps that were drawn last summer. The order reverses a lower court ruling that could have led to the maps being thrown out.

The online gaming platform is under investigation after a user-generated game recreated the Uvalde school shooting. Last year, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the company for allegedly ignoring state and federal online safety laws by exposing children to sexually explicit content.

Today is the deadline for candidates to apply to run for Lubbock’s City Council District 4. Our Samantha Larned has more on candidates in the upcoming race, including one whose application was previously denied. After calls for investigations from Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, the online game creation platform Roblox removed a role-playing game that allowed users to relive the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting.

That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott was in Levelland yesterday, where he toured the Automotive Technology and Welding Facility on the South Plains College campus. Our Brad Burt reports on the Texas Jobs Council, an advisory committee launched by Abbott last month, intended to strengthen the state’s workforce.

Abbott toured the Automotive Technology and Welding Facility on the South Plains College campus in Levelland, a specialized center where students can earn technical certifications that the governor hopes will address a shortage of skilled labor in the state.