Latest Texas Headlines
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Microsoft Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
Jul 1 2024 // Microsoft Corp. has told more than a dozen state agencies and public universities in Texas that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant. The attackers were able to gain access to...
Texas Health System Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit – 5th Circuit
Jun 28 2024 // A Texas nonprofit health system who purchased a specialized commercial property insurance policy is not covered for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19, a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled, relying on...
Supreme Court Pauses Federal Smog Control Plan That Texas Opposed
Jun 27 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday paused a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan to reduce the amount of smog that drifts across state borders from industrial facilities like power plants. The 5-4 opinion is the...
Insurance Costs Contributing to Texas Housing Affordability Crisis
Jun 26 2024 // More Texas homeowners and renters than ever are struggling with high housing costs — and the state’s high home prices have potentially put the dream of owning a home out-of-reach for a growing number of...
Uber Picks Once-Rival Aurora to Launch Driverless Truck Offering in Texas
Jun 25 2024 // Nearly a decade after it began working on self-driving vehicles, Uber Technologies Inc. plans to haul freight fully autonomously for the first time later this year through an expansion of an earlier deal with Aurora...
Texas Pet Products Manufacturer Fined $278K Over Employee’s Facial Burns
Jun 24 2024 // A federal workplace safety investigation of a global manufacturer and distributor of pet products in Arlington, Texas identified one willful violation and eight serious violations of required safety regulations during its...
Bird Flu Hits Texas, Kansas Milk in First Sign of Impact
Jun 21 2024 // US milk production is starting to get hit by the bird flu virus, which first made the jump to cows earlier this year. Output in Texas and Kansas — the first states where highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in...
Texas Electricity Demand Could Nearly Double in Six Years – ERCOT
Jun 20 2024 // The state’s main electric grid operator has sharply increased its prediction for how much power demand will increase in coming years. If it’s accurate, the state would need to be able to provide nearly double...
Tropical Storm Alberto to Bring Flooding to Coastal South Texas
Jun 19 2024 // Tropical storm Alberto has caused flooding and more than three feet of storm surge in parts of coastal south Texas but is not expected to strengthen to hurricane force, meteorologists say. Alberto is the first named storm...
Texas Ranchers Face Growing Risk as Abandoned Oil Wells Gush Gassy Water
Jun 13 2024 // In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids on the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water was...
Texas Crane Company to Pay Driver Fired for Refusing to Break Federal Safety Rules
Jun 12 2024 // A federal judge has upheld the Department of Labor’s finding that a Houston, Texas crane and rigging services provider violated federal law by firing a company truck driver on June 5, 2020, for refusing to exceed...
Pipeline Brawl in Louisiana Rattles Industry Desperate to Build
Jun 11 2024 // A legal battle in Louisiana is hobbling construction of three pipeline projects worth more than $2 billion. Yet the litigation isn’t from environmentalists: It’s spearheaded by one of the biggest natural gas...
Contractors Can’t Advertise ‘Insurance Negotiating’ Skills, Texas Supreme Court Says
Jun 11 2024 // A contractor cannot be the public adjuster on a claim and cannot advertise itself as an insurance claims negotiator if it does not hold an adjusters’ license, the Texas Supreme Court decided in a case that could give...
Financiers Plan to Launch Texas Stock Exchange
Jun 10 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — A group of financial firms and investors is planning to launch a Texas-based private market stock exchange and offer traders an alternative to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The group, which...
All the Major Legal Battles Elon Musk and His Companies Are Facing
Jun 10 2024 // Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and...
Texas County to Pay Female Deputies $1.5M to Settle Sexual Misconduct Suit
Jun 7 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they were abused and harassed when a constable’s office turned undercover operations...
Rise in Texas Crop Insurance Payouts Driven by Drought
Jun 6 2024 // The financial costs of drought in Texas have risen rapidly over recent decades, according to a new analysis of federal crop insurance data. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group, a longtime critic of the federal crop...
Louisiana Gun Bill Risks Roiling Wall Street’s Muni Business
Jun 5 2024 // Louisiana could soon bar banks that “discriminate” against firearm entities from working on government contracts, after lawmakers advanced legislation that’s similar to a Texas statute that has whipsawed...
Texas Faces New Heat Advisories With Temperatures Above 100F
Jun 4 2024 // Parts of Texas and the western US are being warned of high temperatures on Tuesday, putting electric grids to the test as residents turn to air conditioning to stay cool. Heat advisories are up across central and southern...
Insurance Council of Texas Offers Tips for Hurricane Preparation
Jun 3 2024 // With June marking the start of 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) is reminding residents of steps to take to prepare for hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration...
