Latest Texas Headlines
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Johnson & Johnson Reaches $290M Texas Opioid Settlement
Oct 28 2021 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global...
Severe Storm Brings Tornado Watch to Texas, Louisiana
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27. The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for...
Texas Furniture Maker Faces $247K Fine for Exposing Employees to Amputation Hazards
Oct 26 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it has given MooreCo Inc., a Temple, Texas furniture design and manufacturing company, several opportunities to stop exposing its...
Texas Regulators OK Rule Requiring Power Companies to Better Prepare for Winter
Oct 22 2021 // Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Saw Telemedicine Services Skyrocket During Pandemic
Oct 22 2021 // Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance...
Chemical Giant to Pay $50M-Plus to Resolve Air Pollution Concerns in Texas, Iowa
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials say three U.S. subsidiaries of Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Lyondell) have agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $50 million to resolve...
Texas Furniture Manufacturer Fined $249.6K for Exposing Workers to Amputation Hazards
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials issued five citations against Texas furniture design and manufacturing company and fined the firm more than $249,000 for alleged workplace safety violations. OSHA said while MooreCo Inc. in Temple, Texas,...
No Major Injuries After Plane Carrying 21 People Burns in Takeoff Mishap in Texas
Oct 21 2021 // A plane taking passengers from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston burst into flames after it ran off a runway during takeoff on the morning of Oct. 19. No one was seriously hurt but federal officials are...
Business Groups Rally Against, Block Texas Bill to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Oct 19 2021 // Bills intended to block any Texas entity, including hospitals and private businesses, from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for employees failed to pass the Texas Legislature before lawmakers adjourned the third special...
Texas Bill Would Make Firms Requiring COVID Vaccine Vulnerable to Lawsuits
Oct 15 2021 // As Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican Texas leaders wage a war against vaccination mandates meant to curb COVID-19, a state Senate committee on Oct. 14 advanced legislation that would make any entity, including...
Texas Contractor Fined $212K in Fatal Crane Collapse
Oct 15 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials say a Lufkin, Texas, contractor’s failure to assemble a crane boom properly caused the crane to collapse onto a passing vehicle on Interstate 10 near Beaumont, killing the two...
AccuWeather: Texas to See Excessive Rain, Flooding from Hurricane Pamela
Oct 13 2021 // Pamela will not only pose significant dangers across Mexico, as it pushes inland after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning, but its impacts will also be felt across parts of the United States while...
Federal Law Likely Overrides Texas Ban on Vaccine Mandates
Oct 13 2021 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates will likely be superseded by the Biden administration plan to require shots for workers, but the dueling rules could take months to sort out in court,...
Texas Governor’s Vaccine Mandate Ban ‘Puts a Big Burden on Employers’
Oct 13 2021 // Companies doing business in Texas now face new and complicated challenges after Gov. Greg Abbott this week banned COVID-19 vaccine mandates for all entities in the state — including private businesses — for employees...
Gov. Abbott Bars All COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Texas, Rips Biden for ‘Bullying’
Oct 12 2021 // Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, responding to what he called “bullying” by the Biden Administration, on Oct. 11 barred all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state by any entity, including private...
Oil & Gas Services Company Sued for Racial Harassment, Retaliation at Texas Site
Oct 11 2021 // Federal equal employment officials say an Oklahoma-based inspection services company subjected black employee to a racially hostile work environment, then fired him for complaining. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Tesla Auto Insurance Expanding into Texas This Week
Oct 11 2021 // Tesla will launch its own brand of auto insurance in Texas this week, founder Elon Musk said during a Oct. 7 shareholders call addressing the company’s headquarters relocation from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. In...
4 Injured in Texas School Shooting; Student Arrested
Oct 8 2021 // An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Oct. 6, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Timothy George Simpkins was...
Trial to Assess Damages in 2017 Texas Church Massacre Now Underway
Oct 7 2021 // A trial to assess damages owed to families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs church massacre began with vivid witness accounts of the shooting. John Porter Holcombe testified for several hours on Sept. 4 about the...
Parents Sue City After Boy’s Death From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Texas
Oct 6 2021 // The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he’d visited sued the city that operated it for negligence. Tariq Williams and Kayla...
