Latest Texas Headlines
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Thousands Remain Without Power After Deadly Storms Hit Houston
May 20 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could...
Wildfire Risk
May 20 2024 // While the overall number of wildfires per year is declining, the increasing size and intensity of fires have led to more property damage than ever before. The average fire size has tripled over the past 30 years, according...
Texas Attorney Charged with Skimming $2.4M from Settlements
May 20 2024 // A Houston plaintiffs’ attorney known as “Car Wreck Clyde” is awaiting court proceedings after being charged with skimming as much as $2.4 million in client settlement proceeds over the past decade,...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ JHC Insurance Agency
May 17 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of JHC Insurance Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency serving the Victoria community and beyond. Rooted in the values of independence and client-focused...
Deadly US Oil Blast Exposes Risks of Pushing Profits Over Safety
May 17 2024 // The explosion that rocked Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Galveston Bay oil refinery one year ago trapped Rigoberto Guillen 75 feet in the air. Stranded on a metal platform, he and a colleague crouched low as black smoke...
Texas Storms Leave 800,000 Without Power While Flights Grounded
May 17 2024 // A line of dangerous storms and flooding rains rolled over the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people and leaving more than 800,000 customers in Texas — about 6% of the total — without power while grounding...
Flood-Prone Houston Faces a Deluge of More Rain: Weather Watch
May 16 2024 // Heavy rain will sweep across eastern Texas into Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday, raising flood risks across the Gulf of Mexico states. Flood watches have been posted from Dallas and Houston eastward across Louisiana...
Texas Is Warned of Blackout Risk as Sun Sets This Summer
May 16 2024 // The risk of power failures this summer remains elevated for many parts of North America amid soaring demand and generator shutdowns. The main Texas grid is especially vulnerable at sunset when solar generation plunges and...
Texas Lawmakers Zero In on Exploding Hemp Industry
May 15 2024 // Austin hemp entrepreneur Shayda Torabi is looking at a year filled with uncertainty. For the six years they’ve been in business, Torabi and her two sisters have operated Restart, their hemp dispensary, in a modest...
Decayed, Broken Utility Pole Caused Largest Wildfire in Texas History: Report
May 13 2024 // LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history, a Texas House committee confirmed Wednesday. And other...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ Brazos Valley Insurance Agency
May 10 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its 15th acquisition in the state of Texas with the successful integration of Brazos Valley Insurance Agency. The move further solidifies Inszone’s commitment to enhancing its...
TWIA Board Approves $500M Line of Credit Ahead of 2024 Storm Season
May 10 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board of Directors met in Austin on May 7 for its second quarterly meeting of the year, where it completed financial preparations for the 2024 storm season. TWIA’s...
Texas Launches Compensation Program for Border Property Crime Damage
May 10 2024 // Texas landowners along the U.S.-Mexico border who have experienced damage caused by border property crime can now file for reimbursement of up to $75,000, attorney general Ken Paxton announced this week. Texas lawmakers...
Dallas to Atlanta Brace for Severe Thunderstorms: Weather Watch
May 9 2024 // Nearly 22 million people from Dallas to Atlanta will face another round of severe thunderstorms bringing downpours, hail and possibly tornadoes. For the last week, the central and southern US have been battered by...
Alera Group Acquires Texas’ Trimble-Batjer
May 9 2024 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of Texas-based Trimble-Batjer. Founded in 1883, Trimble-Batjer provides surety and bonds, business solutions, employee benefits and insurance coverage for auto, home, health and life....
Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit
May 9 2024 // A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics to harassment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that Liberty...
All 50 States in Just 2 Minutes: How Service Insurance Companies Went National in No Time
May 9 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. When Service Insurance Companies decided to expand nationwide, what was once a mildly cumbersome task (for just the state of Texas), morphed into a Herculean challenge....
Houston Floodwaters Start to Recede; 800 Structures Damaged
May 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled...
Higginbotham Acquires Texas’ Barnard Insurance Group
May 7 2024 // Higginbotham announced it has acquired Barnard Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. Family owned and operated since 1931, Barnard is an independent agency with services that include personal, life and health, and...
Flooded East Texas Town Begins Cleanup
May 7 2024 // LIVINGSTON — Clinton Jones looked across the emergency shelter Friday. His children were going stir crazy. His wife, Samantha, and mother-in-law, Lee Farrell, were making the best of the cots and blankets they received...
