Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices
Apr 9 2025 // The angry mutterings at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s “Spring Swing” golf tournament this week weren’t all about missed putts or lost balls. The Texas oilmen on the fairways had a more...
Texas Bill Would Add New Regulations for Renewable Energy Sector
Apr 9 2025 // Texas’ renewable energy industry is booming. Accounting for nearly 90% of new electrical generation, wind, solar and battery storage industries have established themselves as a reliable source of energy for the...
Lufkin, Texas Meat Processing Plant Receives DWC Safety Recognition
Apr 8 2025 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the recipient of the 2024 Lone Star Safety Award is Double R Brand Foods LLC for its meat processing plant located in Lufkin, Texas. The recognition highlights...
RFK Jr. Visits Texas Measles Epicenter After Death of Second Child Who Was Infected
Apr 8 2025 // U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert K. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated...
Texas Attempt to Kickstart New Gas-Fired Power Is Stumbling
Apr 8 2025 // A Texas experiment to fund new natural gas-burning power plants with $5 billion in public loans is faltering as several of the proposed facilities drop out, threatening the state’s efforts to meet growing electricity...
Texas Judge Awards $6.6M to Former Aides Fired by AG Paxton
Apr 7 2025 // A Travis County district court judge on Friday awarded $6.6 million to four former senior aides to Attorney General Ken Paxton who said they were improperly fired after reporting Paxton to the FBI. Judge Catherine Mauzy...
CSB Releases Update Into Fatal Texas Hydrogen Sulfide Release
Apr 7 2025 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on its ongoing investigation into the fatal hydrogen sulfide release that occurred on October 10, 2024, at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in...
Texas Judge Awards Nearly $2M for FBI Agent’s Fatal Shooting
Apr 7 2025 // A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue attempt in 2018. The family...
Dallas Fed Warns of Slowing Growth in Trade-Reliant Texas
Apr 4 2025 // Texas, the nation’s top trading state, is facing a weakening economic outlook as the Trump administration’s sweeping trade and immigration policies fuel worries among businesses about higher costs, reduced...
Measles Outbreak Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Report Outbreaks
Apr 3 2025 // Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S....
South Texas Storms Expected to Cause Over $100M in Damage
Apr 3 2025 // At 2 a.m. Friday, Rick Saldaña was traveling back to Edinburg from Mercedes, a city about 26 miles away, in an area known as the Mid-Valley. The roads were flooded. The frontage roads that feed into the expressway...
BlackRock Plans for Texas ETF Amid Its Push Into Lone Star State
Apr 1 2025 // BlackRock Inc. is going even bigger in Texas. The world’s biggest asset manager applied for the iShares Texas Equity exchange-traded fund, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
Severe Storms Ravage South Texas, Leaving 3 Dead and Hundreds Stranded
Mar 31 2025 // Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down...
RYZE Claim Solutions Acquires Texas’ Leading Edge
Mar 28 2025 // RYZE Claim Solutions, a full-service claims management company, announced the acquisition of Leading Edge Claims Service, a firm based in Southlake, Texas. This strategic move further strengthens RYZE’s position in...
Texas Investigating Medicaid Insurer Accused of Spying on Citizens
Mar 28 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has launched an investigation into one of the state’s Medicaid insurance providers after allegations that the company illegally spied on Texans. The state...
West Texas Lawmakers Want to Divert Oil and Gas Taxes to Address Oil Patch Repairs
Mar 27 2025 // The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region. More heavy trucks drove through small towns,...
Texas Lt. Gov. Threatens Overtime Session to Force THC Ban
Mar 27 2025 // Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he will move to force an overtime session of the Legislature if lawmakers fail to ban THC or tighten Texas’ bail laws — two of his top priorities — before the current session ends in...
Texas Court Upholds $300K Settlement Against SkyWest Airlines
Mar 26 2025 // A federal judge in Texas has denied SkyWest Airlines, Inc.’s bid for a new trial and upheld an order that SkyWest pay a former parts clerk $300,000 in damages, the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Aurora Plans for Self-Driving Trucks in Harsh Weather in Texas
Mar 26 2025 // Aurora Innovation AUR.O plans to allow its self-driving trucks to operate without a driver in inclement weather ahead of launching commercial trips this year in Texas, the company said on Tuesday. The autonomous trucks are...
HUD Quietly Drops Civil Rights Cases Involving Housing Discrimination in Texas
Mar 25 2025 // The findings were stark. In one investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that a Texas state agency had steered $1 billion in disaster mitigation money away from Houston and nearby...
