Latest Texas Headlines
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Former Texan Who Got Sick on Ice Cream Sues Blue Bell Alleging Negligence
May 21 2015 // An ex-Houston , Texas resident who says he contracted listeria-related meningitis after eating Blue Bell ice cream has sued the company. David Philip Shockley seeks unspecified damages in the negligence lawsuit filed in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Claims See Slow Growth: WCRI
May 21 2015 // Workers’ compensation claims in Texas grew more slowly than in most of the other states, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute report out Thursday that studied 17 states. The total average cost per...
Uber Facing Another Setback As Texas Passes on Ridesharing Law
May 21 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s attempt to replace a patchwork of local rules in Texas with a state law regulating its car-booking business is headed for defeat because lawmakers have yet to act on a key measure with only...
Insurance Council of Texas Partners With Police For Crime Prevention Program
May 20 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas has joined the Tomball Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and burglaries. The program involves the creation and distribution of signs that read,...
Texas Governor Signs Bill Preempting Cities’ Drilling Bans
May 19 2015 // Texas’ governor has signed a bill that blocks municipalities and other local governments from regulating most oil and gas production activities within their jurisdictions Gov. Greg Abbott on May 18 signed House Bill...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings Approved to Write in Texas
May 19 2015 // Property/casualty insurer, 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., which writes business in Louisiana through its subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co., announced it has been granted a Certificate of Authority to write P/C...
Heavy Rains Wash Away Worst of Years-Old Texas Drought
May 18 2015 // Recent heavy rains have helped Texas emerge from the worst of the years-long drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated Texas, for the first time since mid-2012, is no longer in the “exceptional drought”...
Van, Texas, Tornado Blamed for $40M in Damage
May 18 2015 // An emergency official says a deadly tornado that blasted an East Texas town left behind about $40 million in damage. Van Zandt County emergency management coordinator Chuck Allen provided the damage estimate as recovery...
People – South Central
May 18 2015 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Brian Edwards a senior broker in the Dallas office of U.S. Risk Brokers Inc. Edwards has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry. He specializes in brokerage of...
Texas Senate Passes Property Claim Litigation Bill
May 18 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
Texas Bill Preventing Local Drilling Bans Goes to Governor
May 18 2015 // A Texas bill banning its own cities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas drilling activities within their boundaries has been sent to Gov....
Texas-Based Sally Beauty Confirms Second Data Breach
May 15 2015 // The Sally Beauty chain, headquartered in Denton, Texas, has confirmed that it has suffered its second data breach in just over two years. The beauty products seller notified customers earlier this month that it was...
Texas Driver ‘Inattentive’ in Bridge Crash; Review Ongoing
May 14 2015 // Texas Department of Public Safety says investigators are still trying to determine what caused a tractor-trailer to strike a partially constructed bridge over Interstate 35 in March, leading to the death of a...
Texas Construction Safety Group Gets $2.1M Dividend from Insurer
May 13 2015 // Workers compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., recently awarded a dividend of $2,159,751 to the Texas Construction Association safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication...
Disasters Declared in Arkansas, Texas Following Severe Weather
May 13 2015 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in counties hit in recent days by severe weather that’s included tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rains that brought flooding. Likewise, Arkansas Gov. Asa...
5 Dead After Twisters Hit Texas, Arkansas
May 12 2015 // Emergency responders on May 11 searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people, including a young couple...
Wild Weather Leaves 1 Dead in Texas; Tornados, Flooding Reported
May 11 2015 // Several tornadoes ripped through the northern part of Texas, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated area over the weekend, authorities said. One of the tornadoes on Saturday shattered...
4.0 Mag Quake in North Texas; Disposal Wells to Be Tested
May 11 2015 // The Texas Railroad Commission is requiring the operators of five disposal wells near a sharp earthquake to perform some tests. In a statement, the commission says Bosque Disposal Systems LLC, EOG Resources Inc.,...
Blue Bell Likely Aware of Listeria Problems in 2013: FDA
May 8 2015 // Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries likely knew as early as 2013 of a Listeria problem at its Oklahoma plant and did not do enough to make sure its factory was sanitized, according to documents from the U.S. Food and Drug...
NTSB: Chopper Hoist Was Spinning Before Texas Nurse’s Fatal Fall
May 6 2015 // Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking trail, was spinning just before the nurse fell to her death. The National Transportation Safety...
