{
  "id": 4589705,
  "title": "How a $1 Texas Insurance Fee Funded Thousands of Flock Cameras",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/how-a-1-texas-insurance-fee-funded-thousands-of-flock-cameras",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T07:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/08/31/883356.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2023, the Texas Legislature unanimously passed a law raising auto insurance costs for Texans by $1 to combat rampant catalytic converter theft. Three years later, a little-known state agency has devoted at least $30 million of that fee toward …",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}