All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered serious injuries in January 2022 at a Temple, Texas manufacturing facility operated by Carpenter Co. – one of the nation’s largest cushion...
Jul 6 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) said it is accepting public comments on a proposed rule amending 28 Texas Administrative Code §180.62, concerning the Medical Quality Review...
Jul 5 2022 // The Austin, Texas fire department reported at least 90 fires the night of July 4th in spite of a fireworks ban ordered by Austin and Travis County officials.Most of the fires were small grass, dumpster and trash fires, the...
Jul 5 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that...
Jul 4 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Labor Code shall be at the rate of 6.38%. The rate is effective July 1,...
Jul 1 2022 // The second-biggest U.S. liquefied natural gas export facility hit by fire earlier this month will not be allowed to repair or restart operations until it addresses risks to public safety, a pipeline regulator said on...
Jul 1 2022 // Two workers were presumed dead after a trench they were digging for a sewer line in Texas on Tuesday collapsed and buried them, officials said.The workers were digging a 24-foot-deep (7-meter-deep) in new subdivision under...
Jul 1 2022 // The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.The justices ruled for Army veteran Le Roy Torres under...
Jun 30 2022 // Spot, an Austin, Texas-based tech startup offering on-demand injury insurance, announced it has raised $33 million in funding, including $25 million in equity and $8 million in debt. The round was led by Ensemble VC, with...
Jun 29 2022 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart WMT.N improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report suspicious orders when selling opioid drugs.Paxton said he had opened a...
Jun 29 2022 // SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange launched its first commercial insurance product for small- and medium-sized businesses in Texas.SURE’s business owners policy combines both property and general liability...
Jun 28 2022 // The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a Central Texas plane crash that killed two people.Authorities say the small plane crashed near the airport in Kerrville at around 7 p.m. on Saturday....
Jun 23 2022 // Alacrity Solutions Group LLC acquired Property Damage Appraisers in Fort Worth, Texas. PDA is an independent specialty and auto damage appraisal firm.. PDA’s corporate The transaction with PDA is Alacrity’s...
Jun 22 2022 // Police had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was holed up...
Jun 22 2022 // Three men died after their small boat overturned on a North Texas lake during a strong storm over the weekend, authorities said. The boat overturned in Lake Lavon on Saturday night, the Collin County sheriff’s office...
Jun 21 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Labor Code shall be at the rate of 6.38%. The rate is effective July 1,...
Jun 20 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill and ordered...
Jun 17 2022 // The new lawsuits _ and potential for more _ against Deshaun Watson may have further damaged his image and swayed opinion about him.However, they’ve only deepened his resolve. The Cleveland Browns quarterback...
Jun 16 2022 // Power demand in Texas will likely set new all-time highs on Thursday and Monday after breaking the prior record on June 12 as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses keep air conditioners cranked up to...
Jun 16 2022 // Houston, Texas-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. expanded its miscellaneous professional liability coverage to include errors and omissions (E&O) exposure for employed lawyers, which protects in-house...