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#1 Abbott Names Crawford Texas Insurance Commissioner

Jan 8 2026 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named Amanda Crawford Commissioner of Insurance to replace Cassie Brown.Brown retired after more than four years overseeing the Texas Department of Insurance. Crawford was appointed for a term set to...

#2 Texas Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Home Building Fraud Scheme

Jan 2 2026 // A Fort Worth business owner who received nearly $5 million from local customers for unfinished custom home building and remodeling projects pled guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge on Dec. 30, 2025, announced United...

#3 South Texas Homebuilders Warn ICE Arrests Have Upended Industry

Dec 24 2025 // One morning in mid-November, Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, was checking a group chat when a video of federal agents detaining people from a construction site popped up.He...

#4 Texas Insurance Commissioner Brown Retiring

Jan 7 2026 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Cassie Brown is retiring on Feb. 2 after more than four years overseeing the Texas Department of Insurance.Appointed by the governor, the Texas insurance commissioner oversees the regulation of...

#5 Trucordia Acquires First Texas Agency

Jan 6 2026 // Trucordia announced the acquisition of the First Texas Agency business, based in Houston, Texas. With a commitment to guiding clients with education about insurance solutions, First Texas Agency builds strong client...

#6 Procter & Gamble Tweaks Toothpaste Packaging for Texas AG’s Fluoride Concerns

Jan 9 2026 // Procter & Gamble has begun rolling out new packaging and marketing for Crest children’s toothpaste under an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after he expressed concern that encouraging excessive...

#7 Texts Show Texas Officials’ Confusion About Campers’ Fate Amid Flood

Jan 14 2026 // The first 911 call from the historic Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River came in at 3:57 a.m., when a caller told the dispatcher she was stranded on a hill and cabins around her were filling with water. Around the same...

#8 Texas Camp’s Reopening Draws Outrage, but Some Families Want to Return

Dec 30 2025 // Patrick Hotze’s three daughters made it home safe from Camp Mystic after July’s catastrophic floods that killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors. He attended some of the funerals and says he understands...

#9 Goldman Helps Lead Financing for 5-Gigawatt Texas AI Power Sites

Dec 31 2025 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is co-leading financing for a Texas project to build private power campuses for artificial intelligence.The New York banking giant is working with real estate advisory Newmark Group Inc. to raise...

#10 Texas Congresswoman Wants Legal Status for Migrant Construction Workers

Jan 9 2026 // U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz promised to explore new ways for migrants to work legally in the construction industry.The Edinburg Republican announced on Monday her plans to meet with the U.S. Department of Labor, after...

#11 Inszone Acquires Texas’ Bierschwale-Rees Insurance

Jan 5 2026 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its further expansion in Texas through the acquisition of Bierschwale-Rees Insurance, a long-established independent insurance agency based in Fredericksburg, Texas. Bierschwale-Rees...

#12 Allstate Can Proceed with Recovery in Texas RICO Case: Fifth Circuit

Jan 16 2026 // Allstate can move forward in its recovery of $4.7 million it paid to settle fraudulent medical claims with a Houston, Texas medical facility, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.The federal appellate court reversed...

#13 Texas Proposes 13,000% Fee Hike on Hemp THC Shops

Jan 16 2026 // Texas state health officials have proposed raising licensing fees by as much as 13,000% for some hemp businesses, among a slate of changes that many industry members and advocates say will shutter small operations in favor...

#14 Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Sprouts New Businesses, Patients

Jan 12 2026 // After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas’ medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and more Texans enrolling in the program...

#15 Texas Lawmakers Fight Against Federal Interference in State AI Regulations

Dec 22 2025 // An executive order by President Donald Trump may bring Texas into conflict with the federal government over a new state law regulating the use of artificial intelligence.Trump signed an executive order last week that...

#16 Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Jan 12 2026 // Peak Performers, incorporated as St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Texas, Inc., an Austin-based staffing agency providing staffing and recruitment services for workers with disabilities, agreed to pay $160,000...

#17 Texas Secures $1.25M Settlement from Hyatt for Consumer Protection Violations

Dec 31 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $1.25 million settlement with Hyatt Corporation for violating Texas consumer protection laws by marketing hotel rooms at prices that were not available to the public as...

#18 Mexican Navy Plane on Medical Mission Crashes in Texas, Killing At Least 5

Dec 24 2025 // A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said.Four of...

#19 Main Break Leaves Many El Paso, Texas Residents Without Water

Jan 14 2026 // More than 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till midweek for operations to return to normal, officials...

#20 Areawide Insurance Advisors Joins Leavitt Group Texas Select

Dec 24 2025 // Areawide Insurance Advisors has joined Leavitt Group Texas Select, strengthening the agency’s presence in the Bryan and College Station area with the added resources of Leavitt Group, a national brokerage. Mike...