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Several Texas Water Systems Exceed Federal Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’
Apr 16 2024 // In Texas, 49 public water utility systems have reported surpassing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits for five “forever chemicals” in drinking water, according to data submitted...
Texas Among States Facing New Fire Risks: Weather Watch
Apr 15 2024 // More than 2.5 million people in the US face critical fire weather conditions on Monday as dry winds sweep parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which had the largest fire in the state’s history...
1 Dead and 13 Injured in Semitrailer Crash at a Texas Public Safety Office
Apr 15 2024 // BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the front of a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, killing one person...
Storms Bring Floods and Damaging Wind Across the South
Apr 12 2024 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain...
Alera Group Acquires Texas-Based HealthSure
Apr 11 2024 // Alera Group, a national insurance and financial services firm, announced today the acquisition of Texas-based HealthSure. Founded in 1998 by Barry Couch, HealthSure serves rural healthcare organizations as an independent...
Texas DWC Accepting Comments on Routine Rule Changes
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,...
US CDC Says Bird Flu Risk Low, but Asks States to Be Ready With Testing
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...
Texas A&M Considers Restoring Bonfire Tradition After 1999 Tragedy
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...
Texas Home Manufacturer Faces $272K Penalty for Safety Violations
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...
Texas Chemical Plant to Pay $6.6M Over Injuries From 2019 Fire
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...
Utility Company Skips Texas Panhandle Wildfire Hearings
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...
Multiple Hurt in Texas Crash Caused by High Winds
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...
KC Chiefs Player Cooperating With Police After Sports Car Crash in Texas
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...
Top US Egg Maker Idles Texas Plant After Bird Flu Outbreak
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...
IPFS Acquires Texas’ Stonemark
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,...
Tainted Water Flowed to These Texans’ Homes for Three Years. No One Told Them.
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...
Declarations
Apr 1 2024 // “We Don’t Take Sides” “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...
My New Markets
Apr 1 2024 // Contractors Professional & Pollution Liability Market Detail: Shield Commercial Insurance Services, in business since 2004, offers a full line of commercial and residential contractor insurance coverage. Minimum...
NTSB Investigates Fatal Texas Ford Electric Vehicle Crash
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...
Bird Flu is Another Blow to ‘Cattle Country’ Following Wildfires
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...
