Latest Texas Headlines
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BlackRock Gets Legal Warning Over ESG Funds From Mississippi
Mar 28 2024 // BlackRock Inc. faces the prospect of being barred from offering securities in Mississippi after state officials accused the investment firm of making “fraudulent” statements regarding its climate strategy. This...
Dairy Cattle in Texas and Kansas Test Positive for Bird Flu
Mar 27 2024 // Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades...
5th Circuit: Chubb Must Cover SXSW in Suit Over Cancelled 2020 Festival
Mar 26 2024 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Chubb must cover restitution claims paid to ticket holders of the 2020 South by Southwest film festival cancelled due to COVID-19. A three-judge panel reversed a...
Texas School Bus With Over 40 Pre-K Students Struck by Cement Truck, Killing 2
Mar 25 2024 // BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities...
Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit
Mar 22 2024 // Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and...
Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit
Mar 22 2024 // Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and...
Texas Cities Rethink Minimum Parking Rules
Mar 21 2024 // In car-dependent Texas, most cities have rules on how many parking spots must be built anywhere people live, play or do business. But those requirements have come under scrutiny in recent years, with critics saying they do...
Texas Contractor Faces $257K Fine After Teenager’s Death in Trench Collapse
Mar 21 2024 // A Houston, Texas-area contractor is facing more than a quarter million dollars in fines after a federal investigation found the company’s willful regard for required safety procedures contributed to a...
West Texas Ranchers Face Losses After Historic Wildfires
Mar 20 2024 // LUBBOCK — There are burned spots on Jay O’Brien’s ranch outside Stinnett that predate the Smokehouse Creek fire. Over the last several months, small fires — ones that weren’t pushed by strong winds or...
Texas Firefighters Completely Contain Panhandle Wildfire
Mar 18 2024 // LUBBOCK — Firefighters have completely contained the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County after a nearly three-week battle with what quickly became the largest wildfire in Texas history. That inferno and a series...
People & Places
Mar 18 2024 // National AXA XL named Michelle Chia as chief underwriting officer for cyber in the Americas. Based in New York, Chia joins AXA XL from Zurich North America, where she most recently served as head of professional liability...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2024 // East King Insurance Partners, Mehta Insurance Agency Florida-based King Insurance Partners acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey. Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood...
Texas Cities Grow Fastest in US as NYC Keeps Losing People
Mar 15 2024 // Texas cities dominated the list of US metro areas with the biggest population increase last year, claiming four spots in the top 10. The Dallas-Fort Worth area topped the rankings with a population gain of nearly 153,000...
Bayer Weighs ‘Texas Two-Step’ Bankruptcy Filing Over Roundup
Mar 15 2024 // Bayer AG is weighing whether to use a controversial legal maneuver known as the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy to try to resolve tens of thousands of US lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, according to...
Texas Fires Have Emitted a Near-Record Amount of Carbon
Mar 14 2024 // Texas fires released roughly 3.4 million metric ton of carbon dioxide in January and February, according to a new analysis. In January, Texas fires pumped out 440,400 tons of CO2 emissions, according to Copernicus...
Texas Committee to Investigate Panhandle Wildfires
Mar 14 2024 // LUBBOCK — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is creating a legislative committee to investigate the Texas Panhandle wildfires to ensure the state is prepared for future disasters. His Tuesday announcement comes more than...
Texas, Oklahoma Areas Face New Extreme Fire Risks: Weather Watch
Mar 13 2024 // Red flag fire warnings are up across the Texas Panhandle, as well as parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, the National Weather Service said. While critical fire conditions exist in a wide swath of that area, the...
Xcel Texas Wildfire Legal Reckoning to Take Years to Play Out
Mar 12 2024 // (Xcel Energy Inc. will likely be wrangling for years with the legal fallout from the wildfires burning through the Texas Panhandle. The experience of utility companies in California and Oregon sued over massive blazes...
Texas Firefighters Make Progress Containing Panhandle Wildfires
Mar 12 2024 // LUBBOCK — Texas firefighters are gaining more control over the remaining wildfires in the Panhandle, more than two weeks after the infernos first engulfed large swaths of the region and burned more than 1 million...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat
Mar 11 2024 // Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to the Golden State. No more. Texas officials on Thursday blamed the state’s...
