click to enlarge Amber Esparza Debris clutters the bank of the Guadalupe River after devastating Central Texas floods. Rescue workers have recovered the body of a missing adult woman in the Kerrville area, dropping the number of people still missing after the catastrophic Central Texas floods to two, Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Tuesday night. The discovery leaves one girl from Camp Mystic and one adult male still missing two weeks after the disaster, the governor…

click to enlarge Screenshot / Texas House of Representatives The Texas House Democrats sent their letter to House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, pictured above, during the first day of the special session. On Monday, the first day of the Texas Legislature’s special session, Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock,advising they won’t work on any other legislation until the body addresses this month’s devastating Hill Country floods. The strongly worded letter comes as…

click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Brenda Bazán Community members add flowers to a memorial on July 9 honoring victims of the flood in Kerrville. This article is co-published by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, the Tribune’s daily newsletter…

click to enlarge Amber Esparza Kids poke at debris caught in a tree along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The number of people reported missing after the July 4 Texas flooding has plummeted from more than 100 to three, according to officials with the hard-hit city of Kerrville. At one point in the recovery efforts, state and Hill Country officials said the number of people missing in the wake of the disaster stood at 160….

click to enlarge Jaime Monzon Anti-Trump marchers take to the San Antonio streets earlier this summer. Texas parents angered and concerned about the catastrophic Hill Country flooding that killed at least 135 people, including many children, are taking their frustrations directly to the White House. On Monday, July 27, Lone Star State parents and their supporters organized by Texas Moms Rising will gather in Lafayette Park, just outside the White House, to remember the 27…

click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / World Central Kitchen Rescue workers comb the Texas Hill Country after this month’s devastating floods. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding in Texas last week, government officials from President Donald Trump to the governor of Texas to county representatives have sought to…