Judge Rules Army Corps Not Responsible for Harvey Flooding Damage February 21, 2020 A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of Houston homes...
Report Shows Fire at Texas Facility Caused by Equipment Failure December 9, 2019 A fire at a Houston, Texas-area petrochemical storage facility that burned for days in March was accidental and caused by...
3 Hurt At Texas Chemical Plant Hit By Two Massive Explosions December 2, 2019 Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant last week, and one left three workers injured....
EPA Eases Safety Requirements Enacted after Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion November 22, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Days before President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule aimed at preventing...
Woman Awarded $37M by Texas Jury over Seat Belts February 19, 2019 A Texas jury has awarded more than $37 million to a woman who sued Honda after being paralyzed in a...
Houston City Council Pulls Plug on Proposed Robot Brothel October 5, 2018 A Canadian company’s plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston’s...
Texas Workers’ Comp Fraudster Sentenced for Double Dipping August 21, 2018 A Travis County, Texas district court has sentenced Gary Hunt of Austin on workers’ compensation fraud charges. Hunt reported a...
Conservative States Like Oklahoma Balk at Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana July 16, 2018 By Sean Murphy and Andrew DeMillo Pot advocates celebrated the culmination of a yearslong effort to ease restrictions on the use of cannabis last month when...
Tropical Weather System Drenches South Texas, Flooding Reported June 22, 2018 The entire Texas coastline has been drenched this week with heavy rains resulting in flooding in many areas with several...
U.S. Risk Announces Acquisition of L.A. Xcess Insurance Brokers, Inc. March 2, 2018 By Newswire Dallas, TX, March 2, 2018—U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, the nation’s fifth largest Property and Casualty wholesaler, announced today that...