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Rep. Dan Crenshaw on the shutdown (Oct. 3, 2025)

Michael Hagerty — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:33 +0000

On Friday's show: As the government shutdown enters its third day, Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw joins us to talk about the impasse and what it would take to reopen.Also this hour: We meet Abdullah Antepli, the new president of the Rothko Chapel....

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Protesters Disrupt Crenshaw Town Hall in Kingwood on Harvey’s 8th Anniversary

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:16:03 +0000

8/30/25 – On the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, more than 400 residents crowded into the Kingwood Community Center to hear Congressman Dan Crenshaw talk. Unfortunately, a group of unruly agitators wouldn’t let the Congressman speak about flood mitigation to an audience whose lives had been upended by flooding. They kept shouting questions about random, […]

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City’s New Dredging Program Launched

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:40:53 +0000

12/20/2024 – Just in time for the holidays, the City’s new dredging program on Lake Houston finally launched this week, but with some changes. According to Dustin Hodges, Chief of Staff for District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger, delays earlier this year in the long-awaited dredging program had to do with the search for […]

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Crenshaw Secures $3.2 Million for Final Engineering of Two Kingwood Flood-Mitigation Projects

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:51:37 +0000

U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw helped secure another $3.2 million dollars for two crucial Kingwood flood-mitigation projects. The money is part of two EPA grants, each for $1.6 million. And they will cover final engineering for the Taylor Gully/Woodridge Village and Kingwood Diversion Ditch flood-mitigation projects. 80:20 Matching Grants from EPA The EPA will pay 80% […]

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North Houston Association Identifies 27 Strategic Flood Reduction Priorities

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:13:21 +0000

9/19/24 – On Tuesday 9/17/24, the North Houston Association held a reception for members and the press to promote 27 strategic flood-reduction priorities in the new state flood plan. The state flood plan contains thousands of recommendations from 15 different river basins around the state. However, the boundaries of the North Houston Association (NHA) fall […]

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Ramsey Hosting Infrastructure Meeting at KHS Tonight

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:48 +0000

Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey’s Office will host a meeting about local infrastructure at Kingwood High School tonight. The meeting will include representatives from the City of Houston, San Jacinto River Authority, Congressman Dan Crenshaw’s office, and Harris County Flood Control District. 6:30-8:00 PM The infrastructure meeting will follow an open-house format. After […]

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Ramsey Hosting Infrastructure Meeting at KHS Tonight

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:48 +0000

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Crenshaw Secures Funding for 10 Lake Houston Area Projects

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:14:52 +0000

Congressman Dan Crenshaw has helped secure Federal funding that supports 10 Lake Houston Area projects. Crenshaw submitted requests for the earmarks in 2023. After review by several different congressional committees, some of the earmark requests were modified and some sailed through for the full amounts. The table below shows requested and approved amounts. Project Originally […]

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Making of a Flood Fortress: The Kingwood High School Story

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:34:09 +0000

At a press conference on 2/22/24, elected and appointed officials from all levels of government gathered to celebrate completion of the new flood barriers that surround the entire campus of Kingwood High School (KHS). They transform the once vulnerable facility into a flood fortress and will protect it in a 500-year flood … plus another […]

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Funding Announced for Massive Detention-Basin Complex on Cypress Creek

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:58:21 +0000

9/25/23 – Approximately 150,000 people live in the 267 square mile Cypress Creek watershed which has severe repetitive flooding. At a press conference this morning, County, State and Federal officials announced $50 million in funding for a massive complex of stormwater detention basins on Cypress Creek at T.C. Jester Blvd. to help protect them. The […]

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Nine Crenshaw Flood-Related Earmark Requests Approved by Various House Committees

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:08:54 +0000

U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw made nine flood-related earmark requests for 2024. And according to his office, several House of Representative Committees have approved all nine. They include: A committee also approved a request by Crenshaw NOT related to flooding – $1.65M for the Montgomery County Active Shooter Defense Training Facility. That means all 10 of […]

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Betty Jane Crenshaw | Obituaries | portlavacawave.com

Google Alert - Sugar Land, Texas — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:26:46 +0000

Betty Jane Crenshaw, 94, of Port Lavaca, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Sugar Land. She was born Sept. 25, 1928 in Canton, ...

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Batches 1 and 2 of Cypress Creek Major-Maintenance Projects Completed, More to Come

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:38:13 +0000

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has essentially completed Batches 1 and 2 of Cypress Creek major maintenance projects, according to District spokesperson Karen Hastings. On 9/12/22, I photographed the freshly repaired and reseeded channel K131-00-00 (Spring Gully) at Cypresswood Drive, one of the last projects in Batch #1. See the pictures below. Such projects […]

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Harvey: A 5-Year Flood-Mitigation Report Card

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:09:38 +0000

Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. Many in the Lake Houston Area have asked, “Are we safer now?” The answer is yes, but we have a long way to go to achieve all our goals. Here’s a five-year flood-mitigation report card. It describes what we have and haven’t accomplished in 29 areas. So […]

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Crenshaw Landscapes – (119) 765-4094 – Sugar Land, TX 77479 – Persona

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Mitigation Update: 3rd Anniversary of First Elm Grove Flood

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 07 May 2022 00:52:55 +0000

Back in 2019, portions of Elm Grove and North Kingwood Forest Villages flooded twice. The first time occurred on May 7th. According to Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) report on the storm, “A 30-min rate of 2.9 inches was recorded at US 59 and the West Fork of the San Jacinto River and a […]

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Interview With Vidal Martinez, Republican Candidate for County Judge in May Runoff

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 20:48:11 +0000

Vidal G. Martinez began his career in 1978 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Houston. Since 1981, he has been engaged in private practice as Managing Partner of Martinez Partners LLP. Martinez has been chairman of the State Bar of Texas. And was appointed by former Texas Governor Bill Clements to the University of Houston […]

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Crenshaw Secures Funding for Local Flood Mitigation Projects

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:43:43 +0000

U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw of the Texas Second Congressional District has secured $26.4 million earmarked for six specific flood-mitigation projects in his district. They include: Appropriations for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies $1.6 million for Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) for the Taylor Gully channel improvements. $1.6 million for HCFCD’s Kingwood Diversion Ditch improvements. $1.67 million for Harris County for the Forest Manor drainage-improvement project in Huffman. $3.39 million for Memorial City Redevelopment Authority’s detention-basin improvements. Homeland Security Appropriations $8.2 million through Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Community Project Funding for the Westador Basin Stormwater Detention Basin. $9.9 million through FEMA’s Community Project Funding for the TC Jester […]

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Special Edition: U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw and Others (May 26, 2020)

Troy Schulze — Tue, 26 May 2020 22:13:36 +0000

Our special edition of Houston Matters weekdays at 3 p.m. addresses your questions and concerns about coronavirus as a public service to our listeners. For this special episode, host Ernie Manouse is joined by U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX 2nd Dist...

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Tuesday’s Show: Conversations With Rep. Dan Crenshaw, And Sheriff Ed Gonzalez (Jan. 21, 2020)

Michael Hagerty — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:00:34 +0000

On Tuesday's Huston Matters: We discuss what's next for the Astros and their fans after the sign-stealing scandal. Also this hour: Congressman Dan Crenshaw talks about issues facing his district and answers your questions. Then, we talk with Harris Cou...

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