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Independent Analysis Recommends Windstorm Insurance Rate Hikes of 44%
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Actuarial and Underwriting Committee meets Tuesday to consider an independent review of rates and make a recommendation to the...
Don’t Avoid the ER for Heart Attacks, Strokes During the Pandemic
Pandemic or no pandemic, the hospital emergency room, not an urgent care facility or doctor’s office, is where you need to be if you...
TABC Explores Need for More Ethnic Diversity, More Female Officers
With only 16% of its ranks being women, 6.64% being Black and less than 1% Asian American, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is under...
As Texas Relaxes COVID-19 Rules, More Restaurants Face Permanent Closure
Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he is loosening COVID-19 safety restrictions has received mixed reactions.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner called the plan “a little more...
Huge Houston Highway Project Would Cut Congestion, But at What Cost?
The early stages of the pandemic brought some welcome relief from traffic congestion in major cities throughout the nation. But as the economy awakens...
Texas Supreme Court Order Clarifies Confusion About CDC Eviction Order
The Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order clarifying how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction declaration will be interpreted in...
New Direct-to-Patient Health Care Platform Takes Off in Texas
“All care. No nonsense.” This is the slogan for a new health care platform that has landed in Houston and provides direct connections between...
Think Texas Summers are Hot Now? Just wait.
Everything isn’t just bigger in Texas — it is about to get a lot warmer, too. Droughts and urban flooding also are predicted to...
Blue Bell Hit With Largest-Ever Criminal Fine Over 2015 Listeria Case
The little creamery in Brenham has been given a not so little fine for its 2015 listeriosis outbreak that was linked to three deaths...
How Years of Underfunding Public Health Left Texas Ill Prepared For The Pandemic
In the spring, as public health officials were beginning to see the novel coronavirus spreading in Texas, Danny Updike had bad news and good...
