The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. in Mount Pleasant, Texas, to resolve allegations that the company terminated an employee who raised environmental complaints, in violation of the whistleblower provision of the …
Texas homeowners insurance premiums have risen 21 percent since the start of 2009, partly because the industry expects there to be greater property losses from natural disasters going forward. The average premium on a homeowners policy in Texas last year …
The Justice Department has sued the Texas city of Corpus Christi, alleging that the police department has discriminated in hiring women by using a physical ability test few female applicants have been able to pass. Federal prosecutors say only about …
Authorities say six people have been taken to Austin, Texas., hospitals for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning from a running car in a closed garage. Austin Fire Department and police officials on Monday did not immediately provide names or further …
Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, through its subsidiary Lonestar Holdco LLC, has reached a definitive agreement with Dallas National Insurance Holdings to acquire 100 percent of Dallas National Insurance Company, a Texas-based property and casualty insurer, founded …
A tractor trailer filled with cattle overturned on a Dallas freeway, blocking the road and setting cows loose. Authorities say the accident happened around 1:30 a.m. on May 24 when the driver lost control of the 18-wheeled cattle trailer in …
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Just a month after a notable tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest and the Southeast, a severe thunderstorm yesterday spawned up to 12 tornadoes causing extensive localized damage in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas, according to catastrophe modeling …
Lockheed Martin will pay $15.8 million to settle a lawsuit that it overcharged the government for tools used on military aircraft programs. The Justice Department says the settlement stems from a 2005 case when a former worker from Texas-based Tools …
Investigators say two bodies have been found in the rubble of a Houston, Texas, apartment complex fire that happened last week. Cadaver dogs on Monday located the victims in the debris from the Feb. 15 blaze. Autopsies have been ordered. …