Texas / South Central News for October 2026
- Louisiana Man Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
- Trump to End Restrictions on Methane From Oil and Gas Drilling
- Rainier Partners Acquires Texas MGA Platform Apex
- Screwworm Reaches Arizona for First Time as Outbreak Spreads
- Texas Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Arson
- Border Crossing Opens With Tighter Checks for Screwworm
- Marine Life Declined in Gulf of Mexico After BP Oil Spill, Study Finds
- Texas Attorney General Sues ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI
- Texas Hill Country Floods Inspire New Law for Emergency Weather Alerts
- World Acquires Texas’ Zoom Insurance
- Oklahoma Landlord to Pay $52K for Violating Fair Housing Act
- TCEQ Shuts Down Online Permit Filing System After Data Center Controversy
- FEMA Won’t Help Texas After July 2026 Floods
- US Says Screwworm Spreads to Wildlife for First Time
- Texas Camp Hit by Floods Must Have New Manager, Judge Says
- TDI Launches Fraud Task Force
- Investigation Underway Into Airman’s Fatal Fall at College Football Game
- Home Insurance Tops Property Taxes in Squeeze for US Households
- Texas Data Center Boom Threatens Progress on Air Quality
- A Repair Estimate Is Not Necessarily a Notice of Bad Faith in Louisiana
- Service Member Dies After Rappelling Fall at College Football Game
- TDI Unveils Transparency Tool Showing Why Auto Policies are Declined
- Taiwan to Fund $4 Billion Texas Complex for AI, Nvidia Partners
- Texas Crackdown on Data Centers Is Limited
- Higginbotham Transportation Practice Grows Into Full Division
- Porch to Acquire Allied Trust in $200M Deal
- XPT Specialty Launches Texas Homeowners Binding Authority Program
- Oklahoma Home Improvement Company Fined $150K for Sexual Harassment
- Etude Launches E&S Carrier with $100M Surplus
- SpaceX Plan to Launch 456 Starships a Year in Texas Under Review
- Texas Reports Homeowners and Auto Rate Decreases
- San Antonio Car Dealerships to Pay $430K In Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
- Texas Agency Sues to Stop Release of Data Center Records, Citing Terrorist Risk
- US Oil Producers Ramp Down Gulf Output 25% on Storm Isaias
- Gulf Coast on Alert for First Hurricane of 2026
- Data Centers Pump $340M Into Rural Texas Projects
- US Gulf Faces Heavy Rain Threat From Developing Tropical System
- Union Pacific Railroad Fined $304K for Firing Employee During Severe Weather
- People Moves: Texas Mutual Names Grube as VP of Austin Operations
- Hackers Breached Propulsion System of US-Bound Oil Tanker
- Houston and Dallas Face Risk of Floods as Storms Sweep Texas
- Trump’s Proposed Ban on Diesel Exports Could Hurt Texas Refineries
- TSMC Mulls Multibillion-Dollar Texas Site for More AI Chips
- Seven Indicted in Louisiana Arson Scheme to Defraud Insurers
- Texas Stock Exchange Raises $155 Million After First Listings