Latest Texas Headlines

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YA Group Acquires Texas’ J.M. Reagan Consulting

Dec 16 2025 // YA Group announced the acquisition of the business of J.M. Reagan Consulting (JMR), a multidisciplinary consulting business specializing in property damage consulting and construction claims. The strategic acquisition...

Toxic Water From Texas Oil Production Is Set to Be Treated and Pumped Into Rivers

Dec 12 2025 // Texas is about to deploy a potential solution to the oil industry’s toxic wastewater problem — but it’s a move that carries environmental risks of its own. State regulators are working to issue permits that...

Tricolor Trustee Files Suit in Texas for Auto Dealer’s Collapse

Dec 11 2025 // Bankrupt subprime auto dealer Tricolor Holdings is preparing to sue the company’s founder for allegedly masterminding a massive fraud that led to the company’s collapse into bankruptcy, according to a court...

Texas Plan to Stop Parasitic Fly From Destroying Cattle Population Is Not Complete

Dec 10 2025 // As Mexican officials battle the spread of New World Screwworm, Texas officials are still working to finalize a response plan that would be enacted should the parasitic fly spread into the state. Texas lawmakers questioned...

Federal Funding Shortage Delays Progress on ‘Ike Dike’ Project in Texas Gulf Coast

Dec 8 2025 // The district charged with overseeing the construction of a massive set of gates across the mouth of Galveston Bay — known as the “Ike Dike” — announced last week that it has approved contracts with two...

Agency Probes Reports Waymo Self-Driving Cars Illegally Passed School Buses in Texas

Dec 5 2025 // A U.S. agency said on Thursday it has asked Waymo to answer more questions after Texas officials said the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit’s self-driving vehicles had illegally passed school buses 19 times in recorded incidents...

Texas’ Camp Mystic Announces New Safety Upgrades Following Tragic Flood

Dec 4 2025 // The owners of an all-girls summer camp in the Texas Hill Country, where 25 campers and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic July 4 flooding, announced plans on Tuesday for new safety upgrades that will be in place...

People Moves: Flagg Reappointed to Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board

Dec 4 2025 // Brett Flagg Brett Flagg, of Frisco, Texas, has been reappointed to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors by Gov. Greg Abbott. His board term for Texas Mutual—a policyholder-owned company and the...

Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding

Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...

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...