Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility April 4, 2025 By Ezra Amacher A report published this week by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility,...
Measles Outbreak Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Report Outbreaks April 3, 2025 By Devi Shastri Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into...
Deadly Storms Bring Flooding and Destruction to Central US April 3, 2025 Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the US South and Midwest, knocking...
South Texas Storms Expected to Cause Over $100M in Damage April 3, 2025 By Bernice Garcia, The Texas Tribune At 2 a.m. Friday, Rick Saldaña was traveling back to Edinburg from Mercedes, a city about 26 miles away, in...
TDI to Adopt 11.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease April 2, 2025 The Texas Department of Insurance said in a March 28 bulletin that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Severe Storm Threatens Central US With Heavy Rains, Tornadoes April 2, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and the risk of tornadoes are threatening more than 40 million people from Michigan to Texas...
BlackRock Plans for Texas ETF Amid Its Push Into Lone Star State April 1, 2025 By Katie Greifield BlackRock Inc. is going even bigger in Texas. The world’s biggest asset manager applied for the iShares Texas Equity exchange-traded...
J&J Plunges After Plan to Settle Baby Powder Suits Fails April 1, 2025 By Steven Church, Jonathan Randles, Jef Feeley and Damian Garde Johnson & Johnson shares fell the most in five years after the company’s plan to settle thousands of talc-related lawsuits...
Trial to Determine Who Will Pay $600M in Norfolk Southern Ohio Derailment March 31, 2025 By Josh Funk Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its...
Severe Storms Ravage South Texas, Leaving 3 Dead and Hundreds Stranded March 31, 2025 By Valerie Gonzalez and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped...