Legislation passed by Congress includes hurricane relief funds

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Feb. 9 lauded Congress’ passage of budget legislation that contains nearly $90 billion in hurricane and wildfire disaster relief funding for Texas, Florida, California and Puerto Rico. Hurricane Harvey pounded Texas from Aug. 25- 31, resulting in disaster status for some 60 counties. The federal ...

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