A West Texas sheriff’s department has been compelled to remove cross decals from patrol cars after an activist atheist organization filed a federal lawsuit. Under the terms of the settlement, Brewster County will be required to pay all parties’ legal fees as well.
With moving season officially underway, Texas yet again has reason to brag as three cities scored in the top five destinations, nationally.
The Obama Administration’s promises of expanded coverage, keeping preferred doctors and saving money took another hit as Texas’ largest insurer in the Obamacare marketplace announced a 60 percent premium hike for 2017.
Local regulations from city governments in Texas are harming the state’s poor who are seeking housing. The Texas mantra of lower taxes and limited government has no doubt inspired the “Texas Miracle” and generated the Texas Model for others to follow. But, the Lone Star State’s municipal governments stand in the way of further growth — often harming its poorest citizens in the process.
A new poll finds that a considerable majority of Texas residents support the idea of expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, despite longstanding opposition from statewide office holders.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) stands apart from other major oil companies as pressure continues to be ratcheted by prosecutors and activist investors alike to force climate reforms — arguing that other companies’ cowering can lead to new market gains. The oil producer’s CEO also pushed back against claims that environmental activists have a “moral” cause.
Leading up to a crucial meeting for the global cartel next week, OPEC leadership has made plain that the price of oil is far too low to encourage investment and supply the global market in the longer term. The comments follow a variety of indicators beginning to signal a larger recovery.
A Chinese wind energy company has set its sights on the Heart of Texas with a recent acquisition and development plan that will create its largest wind farm in the country. Residents of the Brady area can expect to see
Over the many months and pay cycles since the downturn in 2014, Texas’ oil and gas industry has seen one bad headline after another. The state has witnessed major bankruptcies; repeated rounds of workforce downsizing; aborted mergers; endemic rig stacking; and a political inquisition to criminalize unapproved thoughts on climate change.
Two foreign airline companies have begun offering steep discounts to Cuban migrants–set for border crossing into western Texas–as thousands rush to the United States in the aftermath of thawing relations with the communist island. Children under age 11 fly free of charge.
A Houston-based oil pipeline company and an employee face a multi-count indictment in California. The move by the state follows a spill that was discovered in May 2015. Defendants could face millions of dollars in fines if found guilty.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in conjunction with Alabama AG Luther Strange filed a motion to intervene Monday on the side of Irving-based ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in a growing fight to criminalize certain public opinions held on the matter of climate change. The attorneys general hope to push back against “radical environmentalists’” recent “abuse” of subpoena powers instigated by the U.S. Virgin Islands on behalf of private parties.
A key upstream indicator for oil and gas exploration activity released new figures demonstrating the continued pain felt by those on the ground floor of the American energy industry. Texas saw 70 percent of the continental U.S.’s stacking drilling rigs for the week ending May 13 as Iran continues to shatter daily production forecasts.
An Austin area man of Gambian descent and three other naturalized Americans were sentenced in a Minneapolis federal court Thursday after a failed attempt to overthrow the Gambian national government via coup in 2014. The conspirators were financed and led by Cherno Njie of Lakeway, Texas.
As the United States and Cuba continue the diplomatic thawing process undertaken by the Obama Administration, thousands of migrants are expected to cross into El Paso amid fears that the preferential status for the island-born immigrants could soon cease.
Iconic Texas billionaire and principal of BP Capital Management, T. Boone Pickens, offered his full-throated support for presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily block Muslims from entry to the United States. Pickens also made clear his intent
The largest energy producer to date has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid a continued supply glut and uncertainty among international competitors.
After Uber and Lyft decided to “pause” operations following a vote to not relax driver regulations, upstart competitor Get Me is moving to fill the void in Austin and beyond. The Dallas-founded company hopes to seize the ridesharing market with a few twists.
Another corporate headquarters is calling Texas home after Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has officially settled into its offices in southwest Houston. Texas Governor Greg Abbott was on hand to formally welcome the new employees last week.
The $34 billion proposed merger between Houston-based oilfield services companies, Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes, Inc. (NYSE: BHI), is reported to be facing imminent cancellation.
Despite a soft, global oil market, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) recently announced an aggressive plan to shift resources to West Texas and eastern New Mexico from other regions in a bid to triple daily crude output by 2020. The increased exploration activities improve chances for active rig counts to increase in the years ahead.
Two of the largest oilfield services companies in the world announced a combined workforce reduction of 14,000 in the first quarter of 2016 as crude prices remain soft amid disagreement among international producers to cap production levels. Executives have signaled concern of additional layoffs in the months ahead.
A former East Texas-based insurance agent now faces a federal jail sentence for the commission of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
An environmental standoff at the Missouri River near Cannon Ball, North Dakota is brewing between a Dallas-based pipeline company and the Standing Rock Sioux with increasing support from the Obama Administration. Occupying protests, bureaucratic demand letters and company promises to complete construction on time have created yet another flashpoint in America’s pipeline politics.
Two Houston-based drilling companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within a 24-hour period ending Friday as the oil slump continues to take its toll on the sector at large. The firms plan to shed a combined $3.2 billion in debts to their creditors.
The U.S. Air Force has selected the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas and three others as candidates for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lighting II fighter sites in the United States. After an official comparative review of installations, the Air Force is expected to render a decision this coming fall.
BIG SPRING, TEXAS – A leading wind energy association argues that a “wind rush” is on and Texas leads the nation in total workforce growth. More than 24,000 jobs and counting are directly attributable to the rising industry in the state amid a continuance of federal tax credits that is expect to boost new growth over the next four years.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – A brief filed by the State of Texas Monday asks that the U.S. Supreme Court reject a request of some plaintiffs in the ongoing voter ID legal battle to block enforcement of the 2011 law for the upcoming November election. The requirement currently faces a full panel review of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and currently remains in effect.
HOUSTON, TEXAS — The world’s second largest energy explorer, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) continued its pattern of layoffs amid an oil glut that has plagued large and small firms alike since mid-2014. Hundreds of the 4,000 employees set for layoffs this year reside in the Houston metropolitan area.
The Obama Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday to block the proposed $34.6 billion merger between Houston-based oilfield services companies Halliburton and Baker Hughes, Inc. The DOJ thoroughly objected to two of the three largest of such companies in the world joining for fears of competitive threats and innovation stagnation.
A pending merger between Alaska Airlines and Virgin America promises to challenge Texas-based Southwest Airlines’ (NYSE: LUV) efforts to dominate west coast markets as the industry continues the trend toward increased consolidation. The merger would create the fifth largest airline in the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision Monday for the case Evenwel v. Abbott. The ruling denied two Texas voters’ requests to perform legislative redistricting measures that would have reduced the political clout of urban, non-citizen dominant areas of the state. Noncitizens, felons and minors will continue to be accounted for when political boundaries are drawn in the foreseeable future.
The Executive Chairman of the Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway announced Thursday that roughly 4,600 employees will face furloughs and buyouts amid reduced demand for domestic energy sources and renewed political pressure to clamp down on domestic fossil fuel development.
Ammon Bundy, son of infamous Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, is leading an armed effort to occupy a headquarters building located in a federal wildlife preserve near Burns, Oregon, as a reaction to a local criminal case between ranchers and public land officials beginning in 2001.
Politically active Texas churches are able to lead recall efforts of public officeholders and pool resources to form super PACs, according to a recent U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmation of the rights to do so. The decision erases any doubt that a new frontier in how institutions of faith can participate in campaigns and elections has opened.
Bernie Tiede, formerly of Carthage, Texas, was freed from a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his 81-year-old companion in 1999. The former mortician’s sentence was adjusted after new evidence led the Panola County District Attorney to agree that
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz renewed his demands for an independent investigation of the IRS targeting scandal in a fresh letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Senator Cruz argued that newly-surfaced emails obtained by Judicial Watch further demonstrate the Department
A critical staff shakeup in the Wendy Davis campaign press shop officially came into effect today as former spokesman and communications director Bo Delp resigned his post to make way for U.S. Senator Reid alum Zac Petkanas. While the announcement
When faced with the news that the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) was not going to invest in State Senator Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial bid as a top tier effort, the campaign offered a taste of internecine anger that is certain to
