Cargill is permanently halting operations at a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse in mid-December killed two workers, the company announced, and will close the site by 2024. According to a statement issued by the company, Cargill was already …
Nearly 21,000 Louisiana businesses received more than $262 million in grants to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, under a program managed by state Treasurer John Schroder and financed by lawmakers with federal aid. The grants averaged …
The National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it is investigating a house fire that killed four people, including two firefighters, in the northwestern part of the state. The agency launched the investigation because the fire on Jan. 29 involved …
Eight people were hurt after an SUV crashed into a busy Houston supermarket, police said. Shoppers were inside a Fiesta Mart in south Houston around 3 p.m. on Jan. 30 when the vehicle went through the store’s front doors, said …
Gov. Greg Abbott, looking to show an early contrast with President Joe Biden, visited the Permian Basin on Jan. 28 and announced a series of steps the state would be taking to push back against the new Democratic administration when …
Federal officials have sued the owner of a Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Corpus Christi, Texas, for firing a temporary employee because she was pregnant, Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Corpus …
Corrections or adjustment forms for late-filed Texas surplus line insurance policies included on November or December 2020 monthly late filers reports are due by Feb. 15, 2021. After this date, no additional modifications can be made to the annual late …
Texas recorded nearly $8 billion in surplus lines premium in 2020. The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that surplus line premium in the state increased to $7.92 billion in 2020, up 14% from $6.95 billion recorded in …
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden for $3 billion to help Louisiana with its ongoing recovery from the 2020 hurricanes, saying that he’s filed a request with the new White House similar to the unfulfilled ask …
An Arkansas judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the early closing time for bars and some restaurants that was temporarily imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit argued Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state officials did not have authority to …
