@GregAbbott_TX with Speaker Dustin Burrows at news briefing July 8 Abbott tells CNN star he's speaking language of losers in canned response with gridiron analogy as red herring from revelations on state and local actions that set stage for cataclysmic outcome with death toll higher than Hurricane Harvey and 161 still missing. more   Locals tried twice without success to get grant to boost system for safety of kids at summer camps as Abbott and emergency chief mum so far on why TDEM rejected Kerr requests for help that could have saved lives in deadliest Texas flood in 100 years. more NBC DFW video shows TDEM chief Nim Kidd praise response July 6   @TxDPS searches July 7 for Texas flood victims as the death tolls tops 90 Rookie GOP rep decries media and trolls spinning vote against bill to prevent future disasters like deadly flood with statewide communications plan and equipment grants that could be campaign issue for some in House and AG race. more   Abbott says special session gives state shot for real response after government officials leave 750 girls at summer camp defenseless in second deadliest flooding ever here as unthinkable tragedy that could have been prevented. more @DanPatrick share flood stories with @foxandfriends on Fox News July 6   @GregAbbott_TX has press conference on flood with @KristiNoem on July 5   East Texas party backs political death sentence for lawmaker who disputes all of 17 censure resolution claims as false, misleading, hypocritical and sign that activists don't understand how House operates in Austin. more @CodyforTexas pitches for ibogaine research in final week of session   Senator @NathanForTexas eyes attorney general race in 2026 Eleven school districts in line of fire on partisan issue as religious leaders and families from cross-section of faiths sue to stop mandate that appeals court blocked in neighbor state on same day in June that Abbott signed SB 10. more   SREC accused of waging war against Donald Trump with resolution that urges him to withhold support that he vowed for House Republicans who backed school choice until Rule 44 censures are meted out before filing starts in fall. more @abrahamgeorge meets with GOP lawmakers at SREC June 18 meeting