State Farm Agrees to $15M Settlement for Underpaid Vehicle Claims April 17, 2026 By Ezra Amacher A federal judge last month approved a preliminary class settlement resolving allegations State Farm underpaid Arkansas policyholders for total loss...
People Moves: PIA Arkansas’ Shearon to Retire as Executive Director April 17, 2026 The Professional Insurance Agents of Arkansas (PIA Arkansas) announced that Executive Director Staci Shearon will retire effective May 29, 2026,...
South Texas Cities Racing to Drill Wells Amid Historic Drought Crisis April 17, 2026 By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune As a historic drought in South Texas deepens, parched cities along the coastal bend are following Corpus Christi’s playbook and...
Texas Summer Camp Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Report Deaths April 16, 2026 By Jim Vertuno The medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year testified Tuesday...
Texas Sees Power Demand Quadrupling by 2032 on Data Center Boom April 16, 2026 By Naureen S. Malik The Texas grid operator warned power demand may quadruple from recent record levels by 2032 to feed booming data-center expansion...
Texas Restaurant Ordered to Pay $77K in Back Wages April 15, 2026 The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $77,523 in back wages for 12 workers employed by an Austin, Texas restaurant...
Camp Mystic Faces Scrutiny Over Lack of Evacuation Plan in Wake of Fatal Flood April 15, 2026 By Jim Vertuno The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025...
Tesla’s Gigafactory Water Use Surges in Austin as New Chip Plant Looms April 14, 2026 By Sam Stark, Austin Current Tesla’s Giga Texas increased its annual treated water use by more than 200 million gallons in just two years, raising...
Trucordia Acquires Louisiana’s JJL&W Insurance Consulting April 14, 2026 Trucordia announced its acquisition of the assets of JJL&W Insurance Consulting, an employee benefits brokerage based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
Lululemon Slips as Texas Announces Probe of ‘Forever Chemicals’ April 13, 2026 By Jonathan Roeder Lululemon Athletica Inc. fell in New York trading Monday after the Texas attorney general said his office is investigating for...