Hurricane Beryl Caused Estimated $2-3B in Insured Losses to US Property: Verisk July 19, 2024 Estimated industry insured losses to onshore property from wind in the U.S. for Hurricane Beryl will range between $2 billion...
Why Texas Mass Power Outages Continue to Happen July 19, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune It’s become a familiar cycle: A powerful storm sweeps through a swath of Texas and takes the electric system down...
Flooring Manufacturer Fined $300K for Exposing Texas Workers to Safety Violations July 19, 2024 While one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces — including recycled rubber products used throughout the...
Storms Pummel Large Swath From Ozarks and Plains to New York and New England July 19, 2024 By Andrew DeMillo and Ed White LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada...
Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd July 18, 2024 By Tom Polansek and Brijesh Patel Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed...
Repair Crews Face Threats From Some Houstonians Angry Over Beryl Power Outages July 18, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out...
Insurance Broker TWFG’s IPO Seeking $187 Million Gets Underway Today July 18, 2024 Shares of Texas-based insurance broker TWFG, Inc. begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today under the symbol TWFG....
Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages July 17, 2024 By Jim Vertuno and Nadia Lathan The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said...
Horticultural Grower Fined $172K Over Sexual Harassment at Texas Location July 17, 2024 Altman Specialty Plants, LLC, the largest horticultural grower in the United States, will pay $172,000 in monetary relief and furnish...
Town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Divided Over a Planned Grain Terminal July 17, 2024 By Sharon Johnson and Stephen Smith WALLACE, La. (AP) — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more...