Houston Yet to Allocate $200 Million in Federal Relief Funds to Hurricane Harvey Victims January 8, 2024 By Pooja Salhorta More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas...
Ruling Exposes Gov’t to $1.6B In Damages Because of Hurricane Harvey Flooding November 7, 2022 By Jim Sams A federal court in late October found the US government liable for $455,000 in damages to six claimants whose homes...
U.S. Hurricane Victims Want Improved Disaster Relief, With Faster Money, Less Red Tape October 31, 2022 By Wayne Parry Survivors of storms that pounded several U.S. states say the nation’s disaster aid system is broken and that they want...
Texas, the Netherlands Form Partnership Against Flooding September 12, 2022 By Juan A. Lozano A visit to Houston last week by the Dutch queen highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that...
$1.4B Shortfall Threatens Houston Area Flood Control Projects March 15, 2021 By Juan A. Lozano Flood control projects approved by Houston area voters in 2018 in response to Hurricane Harvey are facing a $1.4 billion...
5th Circuit Rejects ‘Legal Gotcha’; Says Insurer Must Pay for Harvey Damage March 15, 2021 By Jim Sams While Hurricane Harvey dumped 60 inches of rain on the Houston area in August 2017, the authority that operates the...
Texas Windstorm Insurer to File for 5% Residential, Commercial Rate Hike December 8, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones The board of directors of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast...
State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program October 12, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano All Houston, Texas, resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her...
Judge Tosses Case Over Texas Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey October 5, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano A judge has dismissed the criminal case against a chemical manufacturer and one of its former employees over a fire...
Dismissal Rejected; Arkema Chemical Fire Criminal Trial Resumes in Houston September 25, 2020 By Gary McWilliams A criminal case against the U.S. arm of a French chemical maker accused of releasing pollution that injured 21 people...