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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling a special session of the state legislature to address the state's deadly flooding emergency that's left at least 120 people dead and more than 160 still missing.
As Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports,
Congressional districting is also on the agenda.
The special session begins on Monday, July 21.
In Abbott's announcement,
he said in the aftermath of the devastating FL in the Texas Hill country that the state must ensure better preparation for such events in the future.
This includes legislation to improve early warning flood systems in flood prone areas throughout Texas,
as well as relief funding for the impacted hill Country.
Abbott is also directing the lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map,
which would increase the number of Republican seats.
This could help preserve the GOP majority in the Texas House of Representatives after the midterm elections.
I'm David Martin, DAV in San Antonio.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered at a vigil last night for the victims and the missing.
The Supreme Court has rejected Florida's emergency request to implement its ban on undocumented immigrants entering the state.
The law imposed criminal penalties.
NPR's Jasmine Gartz has more.
Florida officials have stated they hope to spearhead the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign.
As part of that,
this measure made it a state crime for unauthorized immigrants to come into Florida with a mandatory prison sentence.