'Goal is to save lives': Senate passes slate of flood bills

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Nearly six weeks after historic floods killed at least 108 people in Kerr County, including 37 children, the Texas Senate passed several key bills Tuesday aimed at preventing that kind of death toll the next time a major storm strikes.

"It will save lives today and it didn't cost a dime to do it," said Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, adding if these policies are implemented and followed "odds...