Texas / South Central News for April 2025
- Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program to Hold Second Pilot Launch
- Three Workers Killed in Scaffold Collapse at LNG Plant in Texas
- Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams in Central Texas
- Tariff ‘Chaos’ Drags Key Texas Manufacturing Gauge to Worst Since 2020
- Uvalde Approves $2M Settlement for Families of Elementary School Shooting Victims
- Risk Strategies Acquires Texas’ GMC Advisors
- Dallas Area Reports First Measles Case, in Middle School Child
- Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Earns NAIC Accreditation; Names Leadership Roles
- Texas Governor Abbott Signs Bill Inspired by DOGE
- Texas-Based Insurtech Steadily Secures $30M Series C Round
- Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
- Outsourcing Firm to Pay $250K For Discriminating Against Blind Employee in Texas
- Lawsuits Against BP Over Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Stalled
- Communities Reeling From Deadly Tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma
- AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Texas’ PrimeOne Insurance Group
- Capital Farm Credit Acquires Two Texas Agencies
- Black Residents Get Most of the Pollution But Few Jobs From Chemical Industry: Study
- Former Texas Insurance Broker Charged in Alleged Scam
- Louisiana Lawmakers Tackle Insurance Affordability Crisis in Legislative Session
- Texas Power Grid’s Growth Could be Limited by Legislation
- Texas Lawsuit Accuses Copart of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
- Texas Measles Cases Increase 4% as Spread Appears to Be Slowing
- Houston Resident Charged in $35M Fraud Scheme
- Texas Man Suing Tennessee Titans Player Over Shooting at Car Lot
- Hays County, Texas Sheriff’s Office Recovers $220K of ‘Cloned’ GMC Denalis
- Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed
- West Texas Prepares for Oil Downturn Amid Trump Tariffs
- Texas Is Ground Zero for the US Battery Boom
- Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices
- Texas Bill Would Add New Regulations for Renewable Energy Sector
- Lufkin, Texas Meat Processing Plant Receives DWC Safety Recognition
- RFK Jr. Visits Texas Measles Epicenter After Death of Second Child Who Was Infected
- Texas Attempt to Kickstart New Gas-Fired Power Is Stumbling
- Cattle Raisers Insurance to Offer 10% Discount on Travelers Property Coverage
- Chevron Ordered to Pay $744M for Damaging Louisiana Wetlands
- Texas Judge Awards $6.6M to Former Aides Fired by AG Paxton
- People Moves: Conyers Joins Brown & Riding’s Environmental Practice Leadership
- Dallas Fed Warns of Slowing Growth in Trade-Reliant Texas
- Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility
- Measles Outbreak Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Report Outbreaks
- Deadly Storms Bring Flooding and Destruction to Central US
- South Texas Storms Expected to Cause Over $100M in Damage
- TDI to Adopt 11.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
- Severe Storm Threatens Central US With Heavy Rains, Tornadoes
- BlackRock Plans for Texas ETF Amid Its Push Into Lone Star State
- J&J Plunges After Plan to Settle Baby Powder Suits Fails