Boeing misled Southwest pilots on safety of 737 Max, union lawyer tells Texas Supreme Court
State Supreme Court justices will have to decide whether the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association can sue Boeing for lost wages or whether their claims are preempted by federal labor law.
![This week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire in state history. The blaze tore through over 1 million acres in the Panhandle last February and March, leaving scars both on the land and on the lives of those who lost homes and livelihoods.
While lawmakers in Austin promised bills to strengthen wildfire prevention and emergency response, communities are still rebuilding.
Rachel Osier Lindley, a senior editor for The Texas Newsroom, visited the area this week and said the fire was able to spread fast due to the exact right conditions.
“Conditions the day [the fire] began were basically a perfect storm for fire. It was a very dry period in the Panhandle, unseasonably warm. And it also began on a windy day, sustained winds from 30 to 40 mph,” she said. “It spread very quickly and moved extremely fast.
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