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In flood-ravaged Hill Country towns, friends, families and strangers rush in to help with cleanup

For the past week, Clemente Sánchez and his tree-trimming crew have volunteered to help people remove trees and flood debris. It’s a scene being repeated all over the flood zone.

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Texas lawmakers urge Trump to extend tomato trade agreement with Mexico

The 1996 agreement is set to expire Monday, which could raise the price of Mexican tomatoes and threaten thousands of Texas jobs.

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Texas leaders have repeatedly claimed the state’s voting maps are race blind. Until the Trump DOJ disagreed.

Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.

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Texas Tech University System leader says he will retire this year

Texas Tech Chancellor Tedd Mitchell has led the 64,000-student university system since 2018. His departure will mark the latest shake-up in the state’s higher ed leadership.

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Can sirens help save lives in the next flood? Yes, but there’s more to it.

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide education on what to do in an emergency.

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Sen. John Cornyn outraises AG Ken Paxton by $1 million in first three months of Senate primary matchup

Cornyn will need to use his deep coffers to overcome an early polling deficit to Paxton, who is looking to deny the GOP incumbent’s bid for a fifth term.

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Texas Hill Country floods: What we know so far

With hundreds confirmed dead or still missing, questions remain about the local response to flood warnings. Meanwhile, lawmakers will weigh measures to mitigate future disasters.

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God and the Guadalupe long reigned over Texas Hill Country. Now grief permeates.

Religion and the river are constant Kerr County touchstones. As residents lean on their faith, they grapple with their relationship to the water.

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In West Texas, an independent publisher’s arrest sparks First Amendment questions

Publisher David Flash has been documenting the happenings in Jeff Davis County since 2020. Last year, he was banned from county buildings over allegations of harassment.

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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

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The floods swept away a young couple and their friends. Searching for them brought their families together.

The four friends are among the hundreds of victims. The bodies of three of them have been found. Their families have searched for their loved ones since Friday.

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Search for flood victims slowed by mountains of debris as thousands descend on Kerr County to assist

Crews are using construction equipment to clear vehicles, trees and homes in a race to locate more than 170 people still missing since Friday’s devastating flood.

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Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton

In a statement, Angela Paxton said she moved to end her 38-year marriage “on biblical grounds,” citing “recent discoveries.”

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Inside the negotiations on Trump’s GOP megabill, from the Lubbock lawmaker whose name is on the legislation

The House budget chair and lead sponsor of the GOP tax and spending bill recounts the months of negotiations needed to unite the fractious caucus.

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As Texas Republicans prepare for mid-decade redistricting, cautionary tales loom from the past

Spurred by President Donald Trump’s political team, Texas lawmakers will try to redraw the state’s congressional map to boost Republicans — but some GOP incumbents are uneasy.

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Kerrville community unites in mourning and prayer for those lost and missing in Texas floods

Amid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.

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Gov. Abbott orders special session on Hill Country flooding, redistricting, THC and unfinished GOP priorities

The Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed during the regular session.

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Climate change helped fuel heavy rains that caused Hill Country floods, experts say

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.

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Kerrville mayor says he wasn’t aware of state resources that Gov. Abbott said were in place ahead of flooding

The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods. On Wednesday evening, the death toll rose to 120.

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SpaceX wins OK to build plant that creates liquid oxygen for rockets near South Texas beach

Cameron County commissioners approved the request this week over the objection of some residents and SpaceX critics.

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Sirens, gauges and flood prevention: What the Texas Legislature could do in response to Hill Country disaster

Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on alert systems and local recovery.

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These graphics show the scope of Texas’ Hill Country floods

These maps and charts show the scale and intensity of the Hill Country floods and highlight Camp Mystic’s proximity to high-risk flood zones.

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“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas

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As Guadalupe River flows calm, evidence of its destructive force remains

Hill Country residents and volunteers on Tuesday continued picking up the pieces that the deadly waterway left behind days earlier.

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Weather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.

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