The Insurance Market in 2025 These comments are based on personal observation of early 2025 renewals plus opinions from agents who specialize in Property insurance.  Percentage Property Deductibles with high Minimums are now standard.  Liability rates will not change much but expect some increase.  Auto will increase, as claims have increased dramatically.   view article

The governor is calling for an expansion of in-state anti-terrorism programs and an increase in federal partnerships.   view article

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to prepare disaster relief resources as temperatures across the state continue to fall below freezing, according to a Monday news release. Abbott ordered emergency management officials to work with local partners to update warming center maps, and the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas National Guard were also activated, according to the release. Seven hundred TxDOT employees worked over the weekend to treat roadways with more than 500,000 gallons of brine — a saltwater solution that acts as an anti-icing agent — and other material, according to the release. view article

As an arctic blast settled over Texas on Monday, dropping temperatures into the low 20s in some areas, the state’s grid operator said it’s not expecting any power disruptions this week. view article

(The Center Square) – State Farm, California’s largest property insurer, is demanding a 22% emergency rate hike after the Southern California fires, saying that over the last years it has paid out $1.26 in claims for every dollar in premiums it has collected. view article

Several North Texas counties, including Tarrant and Dallas, are under a flood watch until early Thursday, Jan. 30. Heavy rain fell across much of the region Wednesday evening and is expected to continue overnight into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Rainfall amounts will range between 1 to 3 inches for much of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There’s a 30% chance of rainfall totals reaching 5 to 7 inches in the northeastern part of North Texas, around Gainesville and Paris. TOP VIDEOS view article

A paraprofessional at a Corsicana ISD school was injured while dodging a chair a student threw at her, according to a district statement. The school the woman worked at, Collins Intermediate School, is the same one where an assistant principal was partially blinded in August after she was hit in the face when a student threw a wooden coat hanger at her. view article

EASTLAND, Texas — Eastland ISD has canceled classes for Thursday, Jan. 23, and Friday, Jan. 24, due to an increasing number of student and staff illnesses. view article

The Tornillo Independent School District experienced a cybersecurity incident resulting in student information being copied by an unauthorized user outside of the United States. According to a statement published on the district's website, PowerSchool, the district's provider of student information systems, informed the TISD of the incident on December 28. view article

CISCO, Texas — Over 150 students and faculty have gotten sick in Cisco ISD. The schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to a widespread sickness going around. view article

An employee at a Corsicana ISD school says she was injured after a student tried to throw a chair at her. This is the second time an employee has been injured at Collins Intermediate School in the past six months. view article

Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.   view article

TEXAS — A rare winter storm is impacting Texas Tuesday, with a winter storm warning in place through 6 p.m. along the I-35 corridor and Coastal Plains. view article

Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and is 80 times the potency of carbon dioxide.   view article

Texas has already militarized the border under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.   view article

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited.   view article

Cleveland ISD has already announced it will be closed on Tuesday due to forecasted weather conditions. In an announcement on Facebook, the school district said "Cleveland ISD will be CLOSED Tuesday, January 21, 2025, due to weather and road conditions in our area."  view article

Advocates say interstate compacts, which allow professionals to use their work licenses in multiple states, can solve Texas’ workforce shortage. Skeptics fear Texas would send more workers than it would receive. view article

Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the completion of a stretch of border wall along the Rio Grande on Wednesday. view article

Evacuating a wildfire area can be scary, but experts say people can significantly improve their own safety with a little preparation and common sense. view article

PowerSchool, a vendor providing services to multiple North Texas school districts, recently announced a data breach affecting the personal information of students and staff, the district said in a letter to parents. PowerSchool, a company hired by districts to store student information, reported the data breach to Dallas ISD. Similar to Dallas ISD, several other North Texas districts, including Denton ISD, Frisco ISD and Richardson ISD, use PowerSchool but were not impacted by the breach. view article

Houston's first freeze of the year may be over, but another one is headed our way next week—and so is the possibility of some snow..  "There are no bones about it, next week looks pretty cold," said meteorologist Eric Berger of Space City Weather in Houston.   "I do think we're likely to see freezing conditions in the Houston metro area on at least one or two nights," Berger added. But he said it remains to be seen whether we see a hard freeze (defined as 28 degrees or below by the National Weather Service) in Houston. view article

The weather phenomena occur when thunder rumbles while sleet falls.  North Texans awoke to snow, sleet and the ever-elusive "thundersleet" Thursday morning as a storm unleashed a mix of wintry precipitation in the region. Thundersleet occurs when thunder rumbles while sleet, a mix of ice and snow, falls. As of 5 a.m. Thursday morning, thundersleet was registered in Abilene.  view article

North Texas woke up to its first winter storm of the season with a mix of sleet and snow that started around sunrise Thursday. A winter storm warning is in effect for North Texas, including Fort Worth, through early Friday. The types of precipitation will change throughout the day Thursday with sleet and snow transitioning to rain later on and then finally to snow in the evening hours. Roads in the region are becoming slick and travel is expected to be treacherous from midday Thursday into Friday. Multiple school districts have announced closings. And nearly half of flights out of DFW and Love Field airports are canceled. view article

An analysis finds that among Texas public universities, Texas A&M offers the highest return on investment for a bachelor’s degree. view article

As a winter storm approaches North Texas, here are the school districts that have announced closures for Thursday: view article

Texas parents that have to get ready for work today may need to trek carefully. But as far as getting their children ready for school, it's looking like they'll get a break there due to the winter storm warning issued this week.  view article

Natural disasters like winter storms and hurricanes can create life-threatening situations for Texans. These types of disasters can be devastating and can hit at any time. view article

Houston ISD kicked off the New Year by switching from Aetna to UnitedHealthcare for employee health care benefits. view article

"We are not used to driving on ice and snow."   view article

ODESSA — When he was 13, Ramon Rodriguez stood before the Presidio City Council. He had a vision for his hometown, a hot, arid border community. view article

As an arctic blast settled over Texas on Monday, dropping temperatures into the low 20s in some areas, the state’s grid operator said it’s not expecting any power disruptions this week. view article

North Texas is bracing for a wintry mix of snow and rain that is expected to begin overnight Wednesday as the National Weather Service upgraded several North Texas counties, including Dallas, from a winter storm watch to a warning. view article

Angelina College has paid $315,000 to a former longtime employee to settle a race discrimination and retaliation case that had previously been scheduled for a jury trial in November 2024, according to a press release from the Hightower, Franklin, & James law firm in Nacogdoches, which represented the plaintiff. view article

Weather News School closings & delays: Latest from ISDs in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Jan. 7   view article