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4/26/25 ā Where does Texas get its money and why does it matter? According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau analyzed by the Pew Foundation, the State of Texas received almost as much revenue from the Federal Government as it did from taxes in 2022. That means that cutbacks in federal spending could affect [ā¦]
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Read MoreThe SRCC monitors weather and climate data for six states: Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma. … Sugar Land Crawfish Boil.
Read More4/15/25 ā At a flood resilience workshop yesterday in Houston, the importance of a steady funding source for flood-mitigation projects became abundantly clear. The Biannual Resiliency Workshop of the Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.) drew a star-studded lineup of speakers for the hundreds of engineers, lawyers and business people in attendance. Alia Vinson, a [ā¦]
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Read More4/5/2025 ā On 4/4/25, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the termination of BRIC grants. The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program encouraged better building practices. The grants also funded mitigation projects that reduced future flood damage. Through its project scoring matrix, BRIC grants incentivized the adoption of building codes that strengthened [ā¦]
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Read More3/21/25 ā Montgomery County has received approval from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for three āde-snaggingā projects totaling $60,374,999.66. The grant, first reported in 2022, stems from money allocated to Texas by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after Hurricane Harvey. Iāll discuss the complex, lengthy process involved in awarding these [ā¦]
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Read More3/1/25 ā At the 2/27/25 Harris County Special Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners spent more than an hour discussing the need for a 2018 Flood-Bond update to help deal with a potential billion-dollar funding shortfall. Previous Flood Control District department heads published a flood-bond update monthly. But the frequency has fallen to annually under the current [ā¦]
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Read More3/1/25 ā More than 60 flood-mitigation and disaster-relief projects identified after Hurricane Harvey have yet to begin. We won World War II in half that time. Between Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan, 1349 days elapsed. But more than twice that number of days have elapsed since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. At 1349 Days [ā¦]
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Read More2/28/25 ā Today, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) released the status of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster-relief and flood-mitigation applications from Harris Countyās Flood Control District and Housing & Community Development Department. The grant applications cover almost $1.1 billion dollars in aid for Harris County relating to Hurricane Harvey alone, which the GLO [ā¦]
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Read MoreAt a Feb. 25 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved a resolution to support legislation requesting funding from the 89th Texas …
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