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Two Killed After Leak at Texas Oil Refinery Worked for Maintenance Subcontractor
Oct 15 2024 // DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — Two employees killed when hydrogen sulfide leaked at a Houston-area oil refinery were employees of a subcontractor performing maintenance work, the director of Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned...
West Texas Town Endures Another Well Blowout, Putting Residents at Risk
Oct 11 2024 // TOYAH — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers. The air around her house in this West Texas town stunk of rotten eggs. “Last night, about 1 a.m., it was so bad we...
Exxon Granted Largest US Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas
Oct 10 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US. The lease granted by the Texas General Land Office will...
J&J’s Court-Shopping Strategy Pits New Jersey Home Against Texas
Oct 10 2024 // Johnson & Johnson’s bold move to skirt a US court in New Jersey and seek a potentially friendlier venue in Texas to settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer faces a key decision as soon as Thursday. A...
Harris County Officials Say Texas Law Limits Settlements Against Polluters
Oct 10 2024 // It wasn’t immediately clear what chemicals erupted into the air from the Channelview fire. The most anyone knew was that the large plume of black smoke billowing across the late afternoon sky — visible for miles...
Hub Acquires Texas’ WestStar Insurance
Oct 9 2024 // Hub International Limited (Hub) and WestStar Bank (WestStar), the leading community financial institution in the Borderplex Region, jointly announced the sale of the assets of WestStar Insurance Agency, Inc. (WestStar...
How Texas Weakened Its Own Air Pollution Monitoring Team
Oct 8 2024 // When disaster affects the sprawling industrial complexes of Texas, the state’s environmental authority often posts pictures online of its white vans patrolling public streets, verifying the local air is safe to...
Bowen, Miclette & Britt Acquires Texas’ M Surety Services
Oct 7 2024 // Bowen, Miclette & Britt Insurance Agency, LLC (BMB) has completed the acquisition of M Surety Services, a provider of contract surety bonds. BMB said the acquisition further strengthens its position in the surety bond...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Texas Farm Bureau
Oct 7 2024 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of Texas...
Texas AG Sues TikTok For Violating State’s New Social Media Law
Oct 4 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations...
Officials Identify Driver Who Crashed Into Texas Pipeline, Sparking Fire
Oct 4 2024 // The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a pipeline valve and sparked a four-day fire that forced the evacuation of nearby neighborhoods in a Houston suburb was a local 51-year-old man, according to police. Remains found...
Texas’ Abbott Touts Dallas Finance Hub as New Bourse Makes Hires
Oct 3 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the upstart Texas Stock Exchange will help transform Dallas into the country’s top financial center and boost businesses’ access to capital. “Dallas, Texas, is already a...
Texas Farmers and Ranchers Sound Alarm Over Languishing Farm Bill
Sep 30 2024 // LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill isn’t passed by the end of this year, now that the 2018 version has officially expired. Since it...
Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Attempt to Halt Gun Ban at State Fair
Sep 25 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — A judge last week denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of Texas. Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky denied the...
EEOC Suit Alleges Texas Outsourcing Firm Discriminated Against Blind Employee
Sep 24 2024 // The Results Companies, LLC, a services outsourcing firm, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation for a blind call center employee and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
People Moves: IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits; Marsh McLennan Agency Appoints Stadler President, Jeatran VP and Bridges to Lead Southwest Region
Sep 24 2024 // IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits Teniqua Davenport IMA Financial Group, headquartered in Denver, named Teniqua Davenport as Texas market leader, employee benefits on its Dallas-Fort Worth...
Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX Over Alleged Trespassing in Texas
Sep 23 2024 // The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. In a lawsuit filed this week at a Texas court,...
Jury Deliberates on “Trump Train” Political Intimidation Case in Texas
Sep 23 2024 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas began to deliberate Friday whether the so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election in a heated highway encounter...
Study Finds Levels of Hydrogen Sulfide ‘Off the Scales’ in Central Texas
Sep 20 2024 // The first readings Abigail Edgar took of hydrogen sulfide and methane at oilfields in Caldwell County in 2021 were so high that she thought her equipment was malfunctioning. “It was off the scales. Methane was off...
Human Remains Found in Vehicle Involved in Texas Pipeline Fire
Sep 20 2024 // Deer Park, Texas, police confirmed that human remains were recovered from a vehicle that crashed into a natural gas liquids pipeline Monday, triggering a fire that continues to burn. “Medical examiners will now begin...
