Latest Texas Headlines
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Central Texas Floods Reveal Need to Improve Disaster Response in Unincorporated Areas
Sep 30 2025 // Rain was already coursing through the usually dry creek near Abraham Stallins’ home in the Texas Hill Country when a flash flood warning lit up his phone. It was just after midnight on July 5, and many neighbors were...
Grad Students are Developing a Way to Cool Texas Data Centers Without Water
Sep 29 2025 // Sai Abhideep Pundla has been awake since 3 a.m. After a red-eye flight from Las Vegas, where he briefed data center company executives and local government officials about the future of artificial intelligence, he’s...
Camp Mystic Plans Partial Reopening After Devastating Texas Floods
Sep 24 2025 // Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will reopen one of its campsites in 2026, according to an email shared with families. Camp Mystic...
AM Best Revises Credit Rating Outlook to Positive for Texas’ National Unity
Sep 23 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb”...
West Texas Wants to Sell Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers, But Lacks Infrastructure
Sep 23 2025 // Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing 40% of the nation’s crude oil — also has an extraordinary amount of natural gas...
Insured Losses in Texas Exceed $47 Billion in 2024
Sep 22 2025 // Insured losses exceeded $47.2 billion in Texas last year–a 4.2% increase over 2023, according to a new property/casualty market report from the state’s insurance council. Annual direct losses in Texas have now...
Texas Insurance Agent Pleaded Guilty After Stealing Premiums
Sep 19 2025 // A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation led to prison time for a former insurance agent who overcharged almost $300,000 in insurance premiums. Carlyle Poindexter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire...
Texas Cities and Counties Prepare for Budget Shortfalls
Sep 18 2025 // Last year, Fort Worth gained a new distinction as Texas’ fourth city with more than 1 million people. While other major Texas cities grew at a slower clip or struggled to regain residents it lost during the COVID-19...
West Texas Gas Falls to 14-Month Low as Negative Prices Persist
Sep 18 2025 // Natural gas cash prices in West Texas, which dipped below zero in recent days, sank to the lowest in almost 14 months, as traders expect pipeline maintenance in the area to stifle movement of the fuel for some time. Gas...
Texas Drops Suit Against Doctor Accused of Illegal Care for Transgender Youth
Sep 17 2025 // One of the nation’s first doctors accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found to have not violated the law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says, nearly a...
Texas Insurer New Century Placed in Receivership and Liquidation
Sep 12 2025 // New Century Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurer licensed only in Texas, was placed in receivership receivership and ordered into liquidation by the Travis County District Court in Austin on Sept. 3,...
Texas Cabinet Supplier to Pay $12M Settlement Over False Claims Act Violations
Sep 12 2025 // Allied Stone Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based supplier of countertop and cabinetry products, and its President, Jia “Jerry” Lim, have agreed to pay a total of $12.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated...
Texas to Ban Minors From THC Products
Sep 10 2025 // THC products will remain largely legal in Texas, but will be banned for minors and further regulated under a new executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday. Abbott directs the Texas Department of State Health...
Texas Governor to Issue Order Implementing Age Restrictions on THC Products
Sep 9 2025 // Gov. Greg Abbott will soon issue an executive order to regulate THC and set a minimum age of 21 to purchase those products in Texas, according to three people who spoke with the governor’s office. The...
Texas Hemp Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief as Legislators Avoid Ban
Sep 8 2025 // When news broke last Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the employees at Austin Vape & Smoke sprung into action. Zaquiri Hensen, a manager at the...
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans
Sep 8 2025 // In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an unstoppable act of God, or if...
Cultivated Meat Companies Sue Texas Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban
Sep 5 2025 // Two cultivated meat companies have filed a lawsuit against officials in Texas over the law that bans the sales of lab-grown meat in the state for two years. California-based companies UPSIDE Foods, which makes cultivated...
Insured Losses in Texas Exceed $47 Billion in 2024
Sep 5 2025 // Insured losses exceeded $47.2 billion in Texas last year—a 4.2% increase over 2023, according to a new property and casualty market report from the state’s insurance council. Annual direct losses in Texas have now...
Texas Lawmakers Fail to Reach Agreement on THC Ban
Sep 4 2025 // The Texas House gaveled out of the second special session late Wednesday, leaving behind Senate Bill 6, which would have broadly banned consumable hemp products with any “detectable amount of any cannabinoid.”...
River Valley Underwriters Acquires Texas’ Patriot National Underwriters
Sep 4 2025 // River Valley Underwriters, Inc has announced that it will be acquiring the book of business from Patriot National Underwriters, Inc, as well as the current employees. The parties expect to complete the transaction...
