NTSB Will Investigate Deadly 130 Vehicle-Plus Crash in Texas February 17, 2021 National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate a massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas...
In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once February 17, 2021 By Rachel Adams-Heard, Naureen S. Malik and Brian Eckhouse The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at...
Texas Ag Industry, Food Supply at Risk from Severe Weather, Official Says February 17, 2021 Farmers and ranchers across Texas are seeing devastating effects from the cold weather on livestock, feed and agriculture products, Texas’...
$4.5M Settlement Offered in Police Shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana February 17, 2021 After a $5 million proposed settlement fell through, officials in a Louisiana parish are now offering $4.5 million to settle...
Brence Named Shareholder at Swingle Collins & Associates in Dallas February 17, 2021 Dallas-based Swingle Collins & Associates has named Collin Brence as the agency’s newest shareholder. Brence is the youngest individual to...
Citrus Crop Losses Expected in Texas After Deep Freeze February 16, 2021 By Andrew Tavani, AccuWeather The historic cold snap that has frozen Texas this week with brutal winter weather and brought snow all the way...
Freeze Slams Texas; Power Could Be Out for Days February 16, 2021 By Joe Carroll and Naureen S. Malik The deep freeze that has forced the shutdown of U.S. refineries, oil wells and meat plants, disrupted shipments of soybeans...
South Central Region Shut Down by Winter Storm February 16, 2021 By Jamie Stengle A winter storm dropped snow and ice and sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in...
Applied Underwriters Acquires Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance February 16, 2021 Applied Underwriters’ affiliate, North American Casualty Co., has completed its acquisition of Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Co....
Brown Reappointed as Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner February 16, 2021 Cassie Brown has been reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbott as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance...