March 24, 2021
A Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to a student who fatally shot 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 won’t be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by families of those killed and injured, a judge …
March 23, 2021
Nearly $22 million in additional funding is now available from FEMA to assist in recovery from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. FEMA said that damage from Laura was so severe that it crossed the threshold of FEMA’s normal public assistance cost-share …
March 23, 2021
Texas A&M Forest Service and the National Weather Service have identified an extremely dangerous fire weather phenomena known as a Southern Plains Wildfire Outbreak, or SPWO, and are watching for it to occur in portions of Texas this spring. The …
March 23, 2021
Farmers Insurance has launched a range of insurance products in Louisiana that consumers can customize. The company said Louisiana customers can now access quotes and purchase auto, home, condo, and renters products in a direct-to-consumer model, combining a personalized approach …
March 22, 2021
A group of investors led by Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP (Bernhard Capital), a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, has entered into an agreement to make a significant investment in Metairie, Louisiana-based The Gray Casualty & Surety Co. …
March 22, 2021
A Texas legislator has filed a package of bills he says is aimed at protecting injured first responders and their families. Rep. Jared Patterson, a freshman legislator representing District 106 in Denton County, serves on the House Committee on Business …
March 21, 2021
A San Antonio hotel owner has been sued and accused the operator of price-gouging during last month’s storm that left millions of Texans without power and heat during sub-freezing temperatures, the state attorney general’s office said. The attorney general accuses …
March 19, 2021
State licensing boards and professional licenses holders need to be aware that scam callers are targeting Arkansans who hold a professional license, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statewide alert. Scam callers to professional license holders in the state …
March 19, 2021
Several bills responding to Texas’ February power outages including one mandating that power plants prepare facilities for extreme weather and another reforming the Electric Reliability Council of Texas board — were advanced by the Texas House State Affairs Committee on …
March 19, 2021
Three men have been charged with insurance fraud violations after an investigation into a two-vehicle accident involving a private school bus, Louisiana State Police. The LSP arrested 44-year-old Michael Simon of New Orleans after an LSP Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit …