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NEXSTAR – Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed bills to address the safety of the camp and relief from floods on Friday morning, two months after the weekend on Independence Day in central Texas, killing more than 130 people. These laws were draft laws in the Senate 1 and 3, and the House of Representatives 1.
Kali and Michael Makkon, whose daughter Lenny died during the flood while joining the Mestic camp, attended the ceremony alongside other affected families. Talk to Kxan after that.
“When something is 100 % preventable, it is very terrible and it is very sad … I have a great difficulty in describing this tragedy. Because in my opinion it was 100 % preventable,” said Michael McCon about Ehla.
HB 1The requirements for obtaining a youth camp license changed to work and requires the camps to renew their license after certain periods. SB 1 Place new borders on the location of the cabins near the flood and floods, while SB 3Placing warning sirens requires a warning from floods exposed to floods throughout the state.
HB 1 and SB 1 were the final elements approved by the Legislative Authority in Texas on Wednesday before its final postponement of the private session.
Read more from NexStar Adam Schwager correspondent about bills.
“I do not like my daughter had to die in order to happen,” said Kali Macon. “But I never want any other innocent child to die while he is in the summer camp because he must be safer.
The new Texas Law, with the assistance of families, is considered by reducing the delays of the child’s support
“Why am I at $ 80,000 behind?” Ian Shilsbzur asked a frustrating single father. He explained that this is the amount due to support the child for his daughter.
My single mother Jennifer Banford is soon scattered with regard to her daughters: “The balance now, I think, is 21,000 dollars.” She added that this does not include medical bills that have not been paid and reached $ 6000.
Another single mother, Christie Schultz, said that she was waiting for $ 600 earlier this summer, which now increased to nearly $ 2,500 – money aimed at raising her four children.
The three parents did not know each other until recently, but they are now sharing a joint challenge after not receiving payment payments. Legislators have heard similar concerns, which led them to make changes this year.
theProsecutor’s Office in TexasIt imposes the child’s support. Panford said that the agency could not even follow her two daughters, who only paid one since January 2024.
“How can I find it if a government agency is not able to find it? Like, I do not have a government agency resources, so how is it assumed that it is?” Banford request.
Since last November, KXan investigators have sent an email and contacted AG office several times to learn more about the work of the child’s support department, but no one responded.
Cholz told KXAN that she could not even get help when contacting the agency for missing payments.
“I am almost begging for information,” Schultz explained. “Will you contact the other father and know what the plan is?” Can I get a case worker?
Read more of this report from the KXan Arezow Dooost.
TDLR takes the lottery in Texas in the third top of the Grand Prix winning
With the winning of the grand prize approaching PowerBall approximately 2 billion dollars, the third highest award for the Grand Prix in the history of the game, Texas Lottery entered a new era under a different agency.
The staff of the old lottery in Texas (TLC) has moved to the Ministry of Licensing and Organization (TDLR) as of September 1, according to Glenn Neal, TDLR.
“We have not faced any noticeable problems with the move to this point,” Nil said.
He added that there was no interruption of lottery services as PowerBall fever grows more hot with a cash value of more than 770 million dollars for drawing next Saturday.
TDLR held its first commissioner’s meeting since the transfer Thursday morning. Courtney Arbor, CEO of TDLR, said that winning the grand prize that has passed a billion dollars began to create more attention in PowerBall tickets, but also other games provided by Texas Lottery.
“What is the psoriasis timing for us as a new agency?” Said Arbour laughing. TDLR was exploited by the Legislative Authority of Texas to take over the lottery and charitable Bango after a controversial session in terms of TLC.
Read more about the transition from the NexStar Dylan MCKIM reporter.
Texas House Bell sends a Star test to the ruler of Abbott
Texas lawmakers in the House of Representatives have given final approval to a plan to eliminate Texas State’s evaluation assessments for academic preparation (Star) and replace them with a series of shorter tests. Members of the House of Representatives agreed to the amendments made to the Senate, which led to the purification of the road to the draft law to move to the office of the governor of Greg Abbott.
The draft law has passed 79-47 along the party lines. Republicans say that the shift to the shorter and more likely tests with faster results will provide a better way to measure the progress of students. Democrats raised fears that more tests add tension to students.
“We are about to pass a draft law that does not exceed three times, in fact, linking the amount of tests that the state does not require for our children in public schools,” said the deputy in the state, Gina Hingosa, de Austin. Hinojosa, former Chairman of the Schools Board of Directors, was an explicit opponent of HB 8.
Supporters of the bill argue that it will reduce the amount of stress that students feel when testing in one day. “This draft law provides a meaningful change,” said government deputy Brad Bakli, R-R-SALADO. Most educational areas are already some similar tests using private sellers. This new system will give them the option to use a test by the state.
Read more about how to change Bill 8 House Bill 8 for Texas students.
Reforms enter into the “crime victim
The new laws that aim to improve the compensation fund for the victims of the crime crime in Texas – raised by a series of KXAN’s investigations – has become officially valid.
Nearly three years ago, KXAN has revealed its sales, accumulation and delays for months for violent crime victims trying to get help. Victims say that new changes are a long -awaited improvement of a system that can be for many lifeline.
The CVC Fund, which is run by the Texas Public Prosecutor’s Office, is the last resort for crime victims that are compensated for things such as medical expenses and treatment. Money mostly comes from federal grants and court fees.
After KXAN’s investigations revealed long delays, aAverage of 90 -day standard targetIn order for the victims to start receiving payments, according to the draft public credits law, which falls on September 1. A separate goal set for one week for hospitals to be compensated for criminal sexual assault exams.
Other changes include the ability to issue emergency payments under itHB 3745If the request is likely to be approved and the victim will suffer, “he will suffer from an unjustified hardship if the immediate economic relief is not obtained.”
Another solution is directly related to the problem of transparency that KXAN first revealed in 2023. The country previously collected data on the recovery schedule for victims – which has average of approximately eight months of treatment in 2024 – with compensation for the rape set paid directly to hospitals – which often occurred within days.
Read more about the changes paid by the KXAN MATT GRANT and David Barer investigators.