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Texas Creates Group to Study Alert Notification Systems
Texas Legislature
Apr 2026
Texas is forming a team to study how emergency alerts reach people and improve them for everyone.
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Texas is forming a team to study how emergency alerts reach people and improve them for everyone.
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