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No Alerts Heard in Deadly Texas Flash Flood as 161 Still Missing
Jul 9 2025 // In the early hours of July 4, the only sound many of the vacationers along the banks of the Guadalupe River would have heard was pounding rain and thunder. They didn’t get any official warning of the rapidly rising...
People Moves: Hull & Company-Texas Promotes Wilkins, Hires Gambino to Underwriter/Broker Roles
Jul 8 2025 // Hull & Company-Texas, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, promoted Brandt Wilkins to underwriter/broker. Wilkins has an extensive background in the commercial wholesale business. He has been with Hull Texas for the last...
Virginia Sends Swift Water Rescue Teams to Help Texas Flood Recovery Efforts
Jul 8 2025 // In response to the catastrophic flooding impacting portions of Texas, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the deployment on Monday of two Virginia swift water rescue Teams to assist in the ongoing recovery...
Deadly Texas Flash Floods Cause $18-22 Billion in Damage, AccuWeather Says
Jul 7 2025 // The deadly flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend will cause an estimated $18 billion to $22 billion in total damage and economic loss, AccuWeather said. The weather...
Misinformation on Cloud Seeding Swirls After Deadly Texas Floods
Jul 7 2025 // In the aftermath of devastating floods in Texas, social media users have spread misinformation that cloud seeding is to blame. Meteorologists have been quick to debunk the claim, but the rumors underline how weather can be...
Texas Officials Under Scrutiny Over Lack of Warning Systems in Deadly Flood
Jul 7 2025 // Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him. Hours later, he was...
Deadly Floods Reinforce Texas’ Challenge as Crisis Epicenter
Jul 7 2025 // Before dawn Friday morning, city manager Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. He finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency...
Judge Dismisses Texas Attorney General’s Lawsuit Over State Fair Gun Restrictions
Jul 3 2025 // A Dallas County district judge dismissed state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s suit against the State Fair of Texas and the City of Dallas, for gun restrictions that were enacted following a 2023 shooting that injured...
Texas Braces for Budget Constraints as Federal Funding Dries Up
Jul 2 2025 // The era of massive state budget surpluses in Texas could be coming to an end. As the last of the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency funds are spent and sales tax revenues return to historic averages after a...
Texas Medical Marijuana Industry to Push for Hemp Age Restrictions
Jul 1 2025 // Texas’ medical marijuana dispensaries entered into this year’s legislative session with a two-prong strategy to expand: to loosen the state’s rules on their industry that has made the program largely...
Texas Establishes Response Team to Prevent Re-Emergence of Invasive Screwworm Fly
Jun 30 2025 // Gov. Greg Abbott wants Texas to get serious about an invasive, parasitic fly that poses a serious threat to the state’s livestock and wildlife. Abbott ordered the Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas Parks...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ Osterts and Associates
Jun 26 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its acquisition of Osterts and Associates, LLC, a insurance agency based in Plano, Texas. This acquisition grows Inszone’s capabilities and further expands its presence in Texas,...
Texas THC Industry Welcomes More Regulations With Ban Off the Table
Jun 26 2025 // With a ban off the table for now, Texas hemp industry leaders said they are amenable to state lawmakers imposing more regulations on their THC products, such as age restrictions on purchases and more testing of their...
Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada Pass Laws to Lure Corporations Away From Delaware
Jun 25 2025 // Lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada have recently approved changes aimed at helping their states dip into the lucrative side of corporate litigation that Delaware, with a specialized court and business-friendly laws,...
Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick Clashes With Gov. Abbott Over Veto of THC Ban
Jun 24 2025 // Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Texas Senate, sharply rebuked Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for vetoing his top legislative priority — a ban on all THC products — and dug in his heels against the...
Texas to Create Task Forces to Target Oil Field Thefts
Jun 23 2025 // At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County Sheriff dispatches his...
US Plans Texas Facility to Stop Flesh-Eating Cattle Pest
Jun 19 2025 // The US Department of Agriculture announced a plan to open an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating bug that is deadly to cattle. The facility, expected to be...
South Padre, Texas Officials Worried About Potential FEMA Cuts
Jun 19 2025 // In the wake of the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut back on federal disaster spending, South Padre Island officials are concerned their beaches will be left vulnerable should a storm hit this hurricane...
Justices Back Temporary Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Site
Jun 18 2025 // The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and gas operators. Voting 6-3,...
Texas Department of Transportation Data Breach Exposes 300K Crash Records
Jun 17 2025 // The Texas Department of Transportation said a compromise of an account led to a data breach of a large number of crash records. On May 12, TxDOT identified unusual activity in its Crash Records Information System (CRIS)...
