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Texas GOP Lawmakers’ Special Session Agenda Focuses on Deadly Floods, Redistricting
Texas Democrats showed up Monday for a special session but left open the possibility of walking out as a means to derail an unusual summer redrawing of U.S. House maps that would help protect ...
1,000-Year Texas Flood Damage Estimated at $1.1B; Little Insured: Cotality
Cotality, a property data and analytics company, estimates that Central Texas flash floods over the July 4 weekend, which claimed the lives of more than 120 people, also caused $1.1 billion in damage ...
A Third of Americans Haven’t Prepared Financially for a Natural Disaster: Survey
A recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) found that many Americans are financially unprepared for a natural disaster. Nearly one-third (32 ...
Deadly Crash Prompts NTSB Reminder to Put Cell Phone Down While Driving
Earlier this month, the NTSB urged cell phone manufacturers to install lock-out mechanisms after a deadly crash in Wisconsin. The distracted driving safety alert followed a recent investigation of a ...
Last Week’s Alaskan Earthquake One of Several in Recent Years
Wednesday's magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years — including one that shook ...
Drone Crashes, Security Threats Have States Demanding Power to Take Them Down
While authorities were desperately trying to save people from the deadly Fourth of July floods in Kerr County, Texas, a private drone collided with a search and rescue helicopter and forced it to ...
U.S. Stablecoin Law Signed as Crypto Industry Eyes Mainstream Adoption
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to ...