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Texas Getting $406K More For Wildfire Recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bastrop is one of 32 Texas counties getting a $406,000 federal grant to fund temporary jobs as cleanup and recovery efforts continue from devastating 2011 wildfires.
The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced the latest National Emergency Grant that pushes the Texas total to more than $1.2 million.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency previously declared 32 Texas counties eligible for public assistance. The grant will help pay for continued recovery in Anderson, Bastrop, Bosque, Briscoe, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Colorado, Coryell, Edwards, Gregg, Hall, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Houston, Howard, Kimble, Leon, Marion, Menard, Montague, Morris, Navarro, Nolan, Panola, Rusk, Smith, Sutton, Upshur, Walker and Wise counties.
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