HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a …
Two dates in recent memory have shaped the uncertain future of the Fayette Power Project, a coal-fired power plant near La Grange. First, on March 26, 2020, the Austin City Council approved an emissions-reduction plan that called for its city-owned …
WACO, Texas (AP) – A U.S. District Judge has dismissed former Baylor football coach Art Briles and former athletic direcor Ian McCaw from a federal Title IX lawsuit, ruling no reasonable jury could find them negligent in the domestic violence …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Captive Insurance Division reported a 25% net gain in captive insurers for 2023. As of September 30, the state has licensed 11 new captive insurers for the year. There are 55 actively licensed captive insurers, along …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board of Directors will hold an interim meeting on Tuesday, October 31 at 10:00 a.m. CT to review preliminary information about the Association’s 2024 budget. TWIA staff will preview the 2024 budget ahead of …
ORD, Neb. (AP) – A small-town Nebraska sheriff has been charged with filing a fraudulent auto insurance claim to get the repairs to his yellow 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo paid for. The complaint filed against Valley County Sheriff Casey Hurlburt …
Higginbotham has joined forces with Bourg Insurance, a long-term family business with deep ties to the South Louisiana community. Founded in 1958 by Claude ‘Toby’ Bourg, Jr. and his wife Edith, Bourg Insurance is a personal and commercial property and …
Each degree of warming in Texas slows the state’s economy, an analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found. Extreme heat this year may have cost the Texas economy $24 billion, or reduced the state’s nominal gross …
The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opened its second round of grants this week. Homeowners must have a policy with Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to apply for one of 1,000 grants available in the second round. Grants will be …
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has announced the hiring of Robert Rudnai as its captive insurance specialist. Rudnai is responsible for licensing and monitoring Texas-based captives and alerting businesses to the potential of starting a captive. In 2013, the …
