Louisiana Senate Passes Statewide Rules for Ride-Hailing Services June 3, 2019 By Melinda Deslatte Efforts to enact statewide Louisiana regulations for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, aimed at expanding the services’ availability...
Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Pay $26.4K to Texas Mutual June 3, 2019 A man sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud must repay Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $26,000, a Travis County district...
CoVerica Acquires Texas’ Agape Healthcare Partners June 3, 2019 Dallas-based CoVerica has expanded its presence in the medical professions arena with the acquisition of Agape Healthcare Partners L.P., an...
Oklahoma Heart Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit for $2.8M June 3, 2019 An Oklahoma hospital has agreed to a $2.8 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a former nurse alleged...
INSURICA Acquires First Texas Insurance Services in Arlington June 3, 2019 INSURICA has acquired First Texas Insurance Services, based in Arlington, Texas. Trey Dacy and Bob Walch, principals at First Texas...
Texas Ranch Didn’t Protect Boys from Sexual Abuse, Lawsuit Says June 3, 2019 By Jamie Stengle A young man and a teenage boy have filed a lawsuit accusing the staff at a Texas ranch for at-risk...
Plumber Says ‘Safety Is at Risk’ After Texas Lawmakers Flush Plumbing Code June 3, 2019 By Elizabeth Byrne, The Texas Tribune Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code...
Buildings Damaged in Texas Storm System That Spawned 2 Confirmed Twisters May 31, 2019 Forecasters say at least two tornadoes hit parts of north and east Texas in a storm system that damaged dozens...
Texas, Louisiana Among States Most at Risk for Storm Surge, CoreLogic Says May 31, 2019 Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine,...
Rains Ease but Risk of River Flooding in Central U.S. Still High May 31, 2019 By Rich McKay Rain-swollen rivers threatened more flooding on Thursday in Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois and Oklahoma, as Tulsa’s mayor warned that the decades-old...