September 16, 2008 -
The U.S. House of Representatives opens debate today on compromise legislation that would end the almost 40-year-old moratorium on new offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.
September 16, 2008 -
Just as FEMA and other government officials were finishing patting themselves on the back for the heralded response to Hurricane Gustav -- which still had plenty of problems; see our coverage here -- Ike has revealed still-deep flaws in our nation's disaster response infrastructure.
September 16, 2008 -
Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas yesterday ordered city employees not to talk to reporters, the Galveston County Daily News reports.
September 15, 2008 -
The Galveston County Daily News reports that health conditions on Galveston Island are deteriorating in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
September 15, 2008 -
While the post-Ike news coverage has focused largely on the destruction wrought in Galveston and Houston, the storm also caused extensive damage to the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama -- even into the panhandle of Florida.
September 15, 2008 -
Information continues to be scarce about the over 1,000 inmates in the Galveston County, Texas jail who were inexplicably not evacuated for Hurricane Ike.
September 15, 2008 -
The Galveston area of Texas that took a direct hit from Hurricane Ike is home to a top-level biodefense laboratory that studies highly contagious and deadly diseases including bird flu, but lab officials are assuring the public that the pathogens were secured before the storm made landfall.