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Report: Insurers in Texas Provide Security, Investment and Jobs for Texans

A new report shows the impact of the insurance industry in Texas and the contributions it makes to the state. In addition to providing financial security and helping manage risk for Texans in all walks of life, insurance companies invested …

NTSB: Second Black Box from Doomed U.S. Cargo Plane Found in Texas Bay

Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday, two days after finding the first. The …

Company Says Risk for Environmental Disaster From Pile in Louisiana Falling

Officials with a company that owns an unstable phosphogypsum pile and a lake of acidic water atop it say they’re encouraged by recent efforts to halt a potential environmental disaster in a Louisiana parish. Unexpected movement along the northern face …

Oklahoma’s Tulsa County Will Pay $350K in 2009 Jail Death Lawsuit

Tulsa County has reached a $350,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a local jail inmate who hanged himself in his cell a decade ago. The settlement was agreed to last week with Carolyn Cox, the mother …

State Agency Shifts Focus as Medical Marijuana Demand in Oklahoma Rises

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has temporarily closed its customer service center to free up more staff to respond to the high volume of applications for medical marijuana cards. The number of applications received per week rose from 1,200 in …

Texas Bill Would Require Citizenship to Purchase Auto Insurance

A Texas state representative has filed a bill that would require proof of citizenship in order to purchase personal auto insurance. Rep. Bill Zedler, a Republican from Arlington (District 96), has filed HB 2648, which would require an auto insurance …

Worker Dies After Falling at School Construction Site in Louisiana

School officials say a subcontractor fell at a new school construction site in Louisiana and later died. News outlets report that the subcontractor fell around 14 feet while working at the Bullion Primary School construction site in Ascension Parish. He …

TDI: Former Texas Insurance Agent Who Faked Cancer Claims Sentenced

A Plano, Texas, woman pleaded guilty to insurance fraud for faking cancer claims to get more than $300,000 in insurance payments over two years, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Karissa White Coleman, a former licensed insurance agent, purchased books …

Search Continues for Remaining Body at Texas Plane Crash Site

Authorities have been searching a bay off southeast Texas for clues about what caused a Boeing 767 cargo plane carrying Amazon packages to nose-dive into the shallow water, killing all three men on board. A north wind aided searchers by …

More Than 50 Tons of Catfish Recalled by Houston Seafood Company

A Houston-based seafood company is recalling more than 50 tons of wild-caught catfish because the products were produced, packed and distributed without federal inspection. The Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the recall involves …

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