City of Austin to Pay $35M to Men Wrongly Accused in Yogurt Shop Murders
Article 0 Comments The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls...
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Dallas Exurb Hits Pause on Data Centers in Rare Texas Rebuke
Article 0 Comments A small Texas county outside Dallas approved a one-year moratorium on new data center and energy storage developments, pushing back against the growing number of large-scale projects fueling the artificial-intelligence boom...
People Moves: Novatae Names Voorhees as Managing Director of Personal Lines
Article 0 Comments Novatae Risk Group, the wholesale insurance business of World Insurance Associates, announced that Brian Voorhees will be joining the company as its new managing director of personal lines. In this role,...
Plane Crashes in Texas Hill Country, Killing 5 Pickleball Players
Article 0 Comments Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players. The Texas Department of...
Inszone Acquires Arkansas’ Mena Insurance Agency
Article 0 Comments Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Mena Insurance Agency, Inc. This strategic acquisition brings a century-old institution and an experienced team into the Inszone organization, further expanding its footprint in...
Texas Hill Country on Alert for Flooding as Heavy Rains Approach
Article 0 Comments A band of severe storms bearing down on central Texas has raised concerns about flooding, with heavy rains expected near the site of last year’s deadly Fourth of July floods. An...
Data Center Boom Strains Texas Homebuilders’ Need for Electricians
Article 0 Comments Abilene builder Gene Lantrip is on the front lines of Texas’ population boom, but a new force is making it harder to finish construction on homes. Data centers are poaching the...
State Farm Agrees to $15M Settlement for Underpaid Vehicle Claims in Arkansas
Article 0 Comments A federal judge last month approved a preliminary class settlement resolving claims that State Farm underpaid Arkansas policyholders for total loss vehicle claims by applying an erroneous valuation method. Under the...
Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Schuessler
Article 0 Comments Inszone Insurance Services announced its expansion in Oklahoma through the acquisition of Schuessler Insurance, Inc., a long-standing independent insurance agency based in Alva, Oklahoma. Founded in 1973 by Harvey Schuessler, the...
Amid Drought, Corpus Christi Seeks Water From Privately Owned Plant
Article 1 Comment Six months after scrapping their own seawater desalination plant project, Corpus Christi City Council voted Tuesday to consider an agreement with a private company to purchase water from its desalination plant...