The future of the state’s oldest medical school – hard hit by Hurricane Ike – and whether Texas should fund recovery programs to complement federal assistance were two of the highlights of a legislative hearing Dec. 3 looking at the …
A month after Hurricane Ike pounded the island, piles of sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in Galveston. Electronic road signs in Southeast Texas flash, “Watch for cows next 20 miles,” a reminder that few fences remain …
As repair crews work to make this hurricane-ravaged Galveston, Texas, inhabitable for the thousands of residents set to return this week, the mayor is seeking more than $2 billion in emergency federal aid. The final price tag to fully restore …
Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston Aug. 5 with strong winds and heavy rain, but did little more than soak the travelers who came to relax on the tourist town’s beaches. The National Hurricane Center …
The wife of a Texas Supreme Court justice has been indicted for a second time on charges connected to a fire that destroyed the couple’s suburban Houston home in the summer of 2007. A grand jury indicted Francisca Medina on …
A federal judge in Houston said Friday she will evaluate whether three high profile financial institutions being sued for $40 billion in connection with Enron Corp.’s collapse should be dropped from litigation after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear …
Environmental groups have sued Shell Oil Co. and several of its affiliates, claiming the oil giant has for years released pollutants from its suburban Houston refinery that are well above state and federal limits. In their federal lawsuit, the Sierra …
Three British bankers who were set to go to trial in Houston, Texas, for their roles in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow changed their pleas to guilty. David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew …
A judge allowed victims of BP PLC’s deadly 2005 plant explosion to pursue complaints about a plea agreement resulting from a federal investigation of the accident. Attorneys for the victims have argued that a $50 million (euro33.9 million) fine brokered …
Enron shareholders and investors on April 5 asked the U.S. Supreme Court for help in their effort to recoup billions of dollars they lost in the once-mighty energy company’s collapse. Shareholders and investors filed a motion asking the court to …
