All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) sent out a notice to workers’ compensation system participants that it will review all sections in the following chapters in Title 28,...
Apr 10 2024 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday bird flu risk to the public remains low even as it asked the state public health officials to be prepared to respond.The agency asked for plans to...
Apr 9 2024 // Building the Aggie bonfire was once among the most prized student traditions at Texas A&M University. That changed when the 60-foot stack of logs fell and killed 12 people in 1999, becoming one of the most painful...
Apr 8 2024 // An Austin, Texas subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest producers of modular and manufactured homes faces $272,479 in penalties after federal investigators found the company exposing employees to more than two...
Apr 5 2024 // Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC (ITC) has agreed to pay over $6.6 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages resulting from a 2019 fire at ITC’s Deer...
Apr 4 2024 // AMPA — A company hired to inspect utility poles in the Panhandle declined to testify before Texas lawmakers Wednesday, as part of the state’s inquiry into the Smokehouse Creek fire — the largest wildfire in state...
Apr 3 2024 // MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Multiple people were hurt Monday in a pileup involving as many as 30 vehicles at an intersection south of Midland, Texas, as high winds blew dust that made visibility difficult, the Texas Department...
Apr 3 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a...
Apr 3 2024 // Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the biggest egg producer in the US, has culled roughly 3.6% of its flock after birds at a Texas facility tested positive for avian flu, adding to concerns over a widening outbreak.Nearly 1.6 million...
Apr 2 2024 // Imperial PFS (IPFS) has acquired Stonemark, Inc., a privately held premium finance organization. The transaction closed on April 1, 2024. Frisco, Texas-based Stonemark’s existing client base of over 4,000 agencies,...
Apr 1 2024 // MIDLAND COUNTY — Leslie Borrego lives in a modest house south of the city limits, built 24 years ago by her late husband Raúl, who died unexpectedly from an aneurysm four years ago.The walls, decorated with framed...
Apr 1 2024 // “As a surety, we don’t take sides, it would be wrong for us to do so, and we are in no way supporting the defendant.” – Said Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg in a letter acknowledging his company’s...
Apr 1 2024 // Market Detail: Shield Commercial Insurance Services, in business since 2004, offers a full line of commercial and residential contractor insurance coverage. Minimum premium is $1,500 for contractors professional and...
Apr 1 2024 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system.The agency said in a statement...
Mar 28 2024 // LUBBOCK — Cows in the Texas Panhandle have tested positive for the bird flu, another blow to the Texas dairy industry following historic wildfires that killed at least 7,000 livestock.The discovery, reported at three...
Mar 28 2024 // BlackRock Inc. faces the prospect of being barred from offering securities in Mississippi after state officials accused the investment firm of making “fraudulent” statements regarding its climate strategy.This...
Mar 27 2024 // Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday.Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades...
Mar 26 2024 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Chubb must cover restitution claims paid to ticket holders of the 2020 South by Southwest film festival cancelled due to COVID-19.A three-judge panel reversed a summary...
Mar 25 2024 // BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities...
Mar 22 2024 // Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers.A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and...