by Alex Samuels and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 The city of Beaumont announced early Thursday morning that it had lost its water supply due to rising flood waters from Harvey. The outage was caused by flooding near a pump station located along the Neches River, officials said…

by Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 A week after Hurricane Harvey rammed into the Texas coast – bringing with it a deluge of rain and catastrophic floods – AccuWeather estimates the storm will wind up being the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. According to a…

by Jim Malewitz and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 Two chemical explosions sparked a fire early Thursday morning at a manufacturing plant in Crosby that has been inundated with six feet of hurricane floodwaters. Arkema Inc., the owner of the plant, warned Wednesday that the organic peroxides…

(Press Release) Senator Uresti and members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force launched a coordinated campaign to provide specific assistance to foster children, their families, and those in the care of the state that have been displaced to Bexar County at a press conference on Thursday. Also on hand was…

AUSTIN — The State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association (ABA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other organizations have partnered to help provide legal and recovery assistance to people affected by Hurricane Harvey. A toll-free legal hotline (800-504-7030) is available to connect low-income individuals affected by the disaster with…

WASHINGTON —The Internal Revenue Service announced that 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans can make loans and hardship distributions to victims of Hurricane Harvey and members of their families. This is similar to relief provided last year to Louisiana flood victims and victims of Hurricane Matthew. Participants in 401(k) plans,…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, applauds the decision by Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia to grant a partial preliminary injunction in the Texas SB4 case, preventing the bulk of the legislation from going into…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Agents partnered with Houston’s local law enforcement to transport cases of donated blood, destined for a blood bank serving Hurricane Harvey victims on Aug. 29. Agents flying in a Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter flew to a stranded truck west…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Independent School District issued a press release announcing that its Language Development Center Campus will be closing early today, Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 1:30 P.M. due to problems with its main water line at the 1481…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Indpendent School District announced that Nellie Mae Glass Elementary sustained a power outage in the early morning of Thursday, August 31, 2017, causing the School District Administration to cancel classes for the day of August 31st at…