Latest Texas Headlines
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Shein Faces Texas Probe Over Alleged Violations of Labor Laws and Product Safety
Dec 1 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state is investigating global fast-fashion retailer Shein US Services LLC Corporation and its affiliates for potential violations of Texas law related to unethical labor practices...
Texas Adds ID Restrictions on Vehicle Registrations, Renewals
Dec 1 2025 // The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing more stringent photo identification requirements for all vehicle registrations and renewals in an abrupt shift that could shut out undocumented residents from legally...
West Texas County Struggles to Secure Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 26 2025 // When it rains here, West Texans brace for the worst. With nowhere to go, water collects across sidewalks, roads and highways — the flat, desert landscape becomes a wetland in the blink of an eye. Local officials in Ector...
ICT and State Farm Launch Campaign to Combat Rising Vehicle Theft in Texas
Nov 25 2025 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and State Farm are partnering for the 2025 Lock It Down! campaign—an ongoing statewide effort to reduce motor vehicle theft, burglary, and fraud-related crime. This year’s...
Texas Youth Camps Urged to Address Mental Health as Part of State Safety Mandates
Nov 25 2025 // Texas officials are requiring youth camps to have weather alert systems, mandated emergency preparedness plans, and various communication methods to help children and their families feel safe when they return this summer....
Texas Hemp Regulation Proceeds Despite Federal Restriction
Nov 20 2025 // The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products as questions swirled around the future of the industry due to federal restrictions on the...
Former Florida Broker and Texas Man Convicted in ACA Scheme That Paid $180M
Nov 19 2025 // A federal jury in south Florida this week convicted a formerly licensed insurance broker and the head of a marketing firm for their roles in a years-long scheme to fraudulently enroll homeless people in Affordable Care Act...
Firefighters Battle Blaze at Texas Decommissioned Power Plant
Nov 18 2025 // Firefighters in southeastern Texas were battling a blaze at a decommissioned power plant that sent large plumes of smoke into the air on Sunday and local officials warned area residents to avoid the smoke. The fire broke...
Trump Administration Considers Moving FEMA to Texas, Report Says
Nov 18 2025 // The Trump administration is weighing whether to relocate the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas and tap the state’s top emergency official to lead it, Politico reported Monday, citing two former senior FEMA...
Chevron Picks Texas for First AI Data Center Power Project
Nov 14 2025 // Chevron Corp. chose West Texas as the site of its first project to provide natural gas-fired power to a data center, the beginning of a new line of business for the oil giant to capitalize on the boom in artificial...
Congressional THC Ban Threatens Texas’ $8 Billion Hemp Industry
Nov 14 2025 // As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The...
Texas Voters Rank Rising Homeowners’ Insurance Costs as Top Concern
Nov 12 2025 // The rising cost of homeowners’ insurance has emerged as of the top key issues in the minds of Texas voters, according to a recent survey conducted by Texas 2036. When asked about the next election, Texas voters...
Alliant Acquires Texas’ Highpoint
Nov 12 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services has expanded its footprint in Texas with the strategic acquisition of Highpoint Insurance Group, a multi-line broker located in Friendswood. Highpoint Insurance Group, with 44 employees, will...
Texas Sues Roblox Over Alleged Exposure of Children to Sexually Explicit Content
Nov 10 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the online gaming platform Roblox for allegedly exposing children to sexually explicit content and exploitation, the latest in a flurry of lawsuits from his office aimed at big...
Texas Workers’ Compensation System Reports $12M Loss in 2024, Report Finds
Nov 10 2025 // The Texas workers’ compensation system saw a modest $12 million loss in 2024 as insurers reported an increase in direct losses paid and overall, according to a report compiled by the Insurance Council Texas...
Texas Asks Court to Halt Kenvue Tylenol Marketing, Dividend
Nov 7 2025 // Texas officials have asked a state court judge to temporarily block Kenvue Inc. from marketing Tylenol as safe for pregnant women, and from issuing a dividend, escalating the company’s legal woes just days after...
People Moves: Texas Mutual Names Sangal as COO
Nov 6 2025 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, recently announced Prateek Sangal as its chief operating officer, effective October 20. In this role, Sangal will...
Texas Voters Approve $20B Investment in Water Supply
Nov 5 2025 // Texas is poised to make the largest investment in its water supply in the state’s 180-year history after voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 4, which authorizes $20 billion to be spent on water projects over the...
Texas Courier Service to Pay $800K in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Nov 4 2025 // Trinity Couriers Inc., a courier service based in San Antonio, pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation insurance coverage, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. The company agreed to pay...
Judge Dismisses Texas Challenge to New York Abortion Shield Law
Nov 3 2025 // A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the...
