All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 1 2021 // Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance...
Oct 28 2021 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global...
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27.The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for much...
Oct 26 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it has given MooreCo Inc., a Temple, Texas furniture design and manufacturing company, several opportunities to stop exposing its...
Oct 22 2021 // Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal...
Oct 22 2021 // Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance...
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials say three U.S. subsidiaries of Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Lyondell) have agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $50 million to resolve...
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials issued five citations against Texas furniture design and manufacturing company and fined the firm more than $249,000 for alleged workplace safety violations.OSHA said while MooreCo Inc. in Temple, Texas,...
Oct 21 2021 // A plane taking passengers from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston burst into flames after it ran off a runway during takeoff on the morning of Oct. 19. No one was seriously hurt but federal officials are...
Oct 19 2021 // Bills intended to block any Texas entity, including hospitals and private businesses, from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for employees failed to pass the Texas Legislature before lawmakers adjourned the third special...
Oct 15 2021 // As Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican Texas leaders wage a war against vaccination mandates meant to curb COVID-19, a state Senate committee on Oct. 14 advanced legislation that would make any entity, including...
Oct 15 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials say a Lufkin, Texas, contractor’s failure to assemble a crane boom properly caused the crane to collapse onto a passing vehicle on Interstate 10 near Beaumont, killing the two...
Oct 13 2021 // Pamela will not only pose significant dangers across Mexico, as it pushes inland after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning, but its impacts will also be felt across parts of the United States while...
Oct 13 2021 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates will likely be superseded by the Biden administration plan to require shots for workers, but the dueling rules could take months to sort out in court,...
Oct 13 2021 // Companies doing business in Texas now face new and complicated challenges after Gov. Greg Abbott this week banned COVID-19 vaccine mandates for all entities in the state — including private businesses — for employees...
Oct 12 2021 // Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, responding to what he called “bullying” by the Biden Administration, on Oct. 11 barred all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state by any entity, including private...
Oct 11 2021 // Federal equal employment officials say an Oklahoma-based inspection services company subjected black employee to a racially hostile work environment, then fired him for complaining.The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Oct 11 2021 // Tesla will launch its own brand of auto insurance in Texas this week, founder Elon Musk said during a Oct. 7 shareholders call addressing the company’s headquarters relocation from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas.In...
Oct 8 2021 // An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Oct. 6, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said.Timothy George Simpkins was...
Oct 7 2021 // A trial to assess damages owed to families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs church massacre began with vivid witness accounts of the shooting.John Porter Holcombe testified for several hours on Sept. 4 about the...