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Texas health services reporter at Texas Tribune. Pro-dogs/ outdoors/truth.
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Talarico holds steady lead over Crockett in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
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Talarico leads Crockett in Texas Democratic Senate primary
A day of turmoil at the polls in Dallas County — Crockett's home base — ended in uncertainty about whether some ballots would be counted there.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/texas-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-us-senate-democratic-primary/
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Feb. 2 is the last day to register to vote and to submit an address change for Texas' midterm primaries. Here's what you need to know about checking your registration, registering to vote and submitting a name or address change. 🧵
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Observers of the race said Taylor Rehmet’s working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
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How Democrats flipped a ruby red Senate seat in North Texas
Observers of the race said Rehmet’s working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-senate-district-9-special-election-taylor-rehmet-upset-latino-suburban-backlash/
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MercyCulture, the Christian nationalist church network in Texas that often flirts with QAnon, just opened a prayer house across from the Supreme Court. Among their prayer board items: Ending human trafficking and for Trump to be "baptized in the Holy Spirit."
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A blossoming Texas medical marijuana industry adds new businesses, products and patients
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Texas medical pot industry sprouts new businesses, patients
The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued provisional licenses to nine new medical marijuana operators while existing ones have started opening new manufacturing and cultivating facilities.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/12/texas-medical-marijuana-new-locations-patients/
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Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by 8 points in Senate Democratic primary, new poll finds
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Crockett leads Talarico in first head-to-head Senate poll
Crockett had higher name recognition and an overwhelming edge among Black voters, while Talarico kept the margin to single digits through greater support among white and Latino voters.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/texas-senate-democratic-primary-poll-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico/
3 months ago
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I am honored to be chosen as a 2026 AHCJ international fellow. I’ll be focusing on what Texas can learn from Japan’s elder care technology boom. Thanks to both AHCJ and the Commonwealth fund for this amazing opportunity.
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3 months ago
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Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
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Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Many incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/punished-for-periods-in-prison/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
3 months ago
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Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge
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Supreme Court clears way for Llano County library book removals
Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/texas-llano-county-library-book-ban-lawsuit-scotus/
3 months ago
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Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District
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Colin Allred drops Senate bid, pivots to run for Congress
The former Dallas congressman said he wanted to help his party avoid a runoff. In his campaign to return to the House, he will face U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, his successor in Congress.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/colin-allred-drops-out-senate-democratic-primary-congress-33rd-district-dallas/
3 months ago
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How will Texas’ voter-approved $3 billion dementia fund fare in court
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How will Texas’ $3 billion dementia fund fare in court
In 2023, Texas overcame lawsuits that sought to prevent constitutional amendments from going into effect, but one that voters approved in 2021 is still blocked.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/texas-dementia-fund-constitutional-amendment-lawsuit/
3 months ago
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Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues
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Supreme Court orders Texas to use 2025 map amid legal battle
The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/04/texas-redistricting-map-us-supreme-court-2026-midterms/
3 months ago
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Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough
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Kerr wasn’t the only community to reject state flood grants - The Texas Tribune
Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawe...
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/texas-kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system/
3 months ago
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Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship
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Texas may have citizenship proof for voters being challenged
The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t initially check with the Department of Public Safety, which collects proof of citizenship from people who register to vote through them.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/texas-voters-citizenship-check-secretary-of-state-department-of-public-safety/
3 months ago
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In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S.
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Houston has worst rate of unemployed, uneducated young moms
At 13.3%, Houston has the worst rate of young adults who are neither working nor in in school of the largest metro areas in the country.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/texas-houston-employment-young-mothers-disconnection-jobs-college/
3 months ago
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Even as SNAP resumes, new federal work rules threaten access for some Texans
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New federal work rules threaten SNAP access for some Texans
Under new requirements, “able-bodied” recipients could lose access to benefits for three years if they go three months without documenting working hours.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/texas-snap-food-stamp-federal-work-requirements/
3 months ago
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Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth
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Texas camps brace for more mental health issues among youth
Mental health experts expect the July 4 floods have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy hypervigilance and recurring thoughts on disasters among campers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-camps-floods-mental-health-resources/
3 months ago
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Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools
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Turning Point USA talked expansion with Texas education chief
The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-education-agency-turning-point-usa-high-school-chapters/
3 months ago
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They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt.
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Texas couple grieves children, parents lost in July 4 flood
RJ and Annie Harber have leaned on faith, their community and each other to move through each day after losing their daughters and RJ’s parents. But memories of that night still haunt them.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-kerr-county-july-4-floods-family-lost-daughters-parents/
3 months ago
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Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
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Head of Texas’ top business group sued for sexual assault
An unidentified woman on Monday sued Glenn Hamer, Texas Association of Business president and CEO, alleging he sexually harassed and assaulted her, then retaliated when she rejected his advances.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/texas-association-of-business-lawsuit-tab-glenn-hamer-sexual-assault/
3 months ago
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A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
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Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/austin-brownstone-institute-trump-health-vaccine/
3 months ago
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A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion.
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Texas mother died after she couldn’t get an abortion
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/texas-abortion-death-preeclampsia/
3 months ago
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Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports
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Reports: Texas National Guard to return soon from Illinois
Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/texas-national-guard-chicago-deployment-returning/
4 months ago
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UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches
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University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/university-of-texas-trump-policy-changes-federal-funding/
4 months ago
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The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
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The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/make-america-healthy-again-children-nutrition-programs/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
4 months ago
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How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies
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Why Texas’ newest rural hospital can’t deliver babies anymore
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/texas-rural-hospital-olney-labor-delivery/
4 months ago
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Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss
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Texas Senate race marks another defeat for gambling interests
John Huffman was the best-funded candidate in the Senate District 9 special election thanks to casino interests, but failed to make the runoff. Gambling proponents still have millions more to spend on...
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/texas-gambling-legalization-senate-election-huffman-wambganss-district-9/
4 months ago
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The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years
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Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/texas-pertussis-whooping-cough-disease-infectious/
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026
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Democrats see promise for 2026 in Texas Senate near upset
Democrat Taylor Rehmet came within three percentage points of winning Senate District 9 — which voted for Donald Trump by over 17 points in 2024 — over his two Republican opponents.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/texas-senate-special-election-democrats-tarrant-county/
4 months ago
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Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico
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Cruz, Cornyn want U.S. to stop sending water to Mexico
The bill is the latest effort from the Texas delegation that demands the U.S. get tougher with Mexico for failing to honor a 1944 treaty that in part governs Rio Grande water.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/ted-cruz-water-texas-mexico-united-states/
4 months ago
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Will Texas actually run out of water? Your questions about the state’s water supply answered.
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Your questions about Texas’ water supply answered
You asked our AI chatbot about Texas’ water supply. We answered some of the questions that it couldn’t.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/texas-water-questions-answered/
4 months ago
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Cornyn "open to" changing Senate filibuster, Hunt and Paxton back Trump's call to scrap it
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Cornyn open to filibuster reform; Hunt, Paxton want it gone
The president has sharpened his calls for Senate Republicans to kill the longstanding legislative maneuver, saying the GOP’s electoral success could hinge on it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/cornyn-paxton-hunt-filibuster-trump-texas-senate-gop-primary/
4 months ago
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“We don’t know what we’re going to eat”: Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
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Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
Although the federal government has said it will deposit half of November benefits, Texans are still unsure when money will land in their accounts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/texas-snap-food-stamp-families-hunger/
4 months ago
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Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says
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Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo
The city learned about plans for a new barrier along the southern border during a regular meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/laredo-texas-border-wall-donald-trump/
4 months ago
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Trump administration will partially fund SNAP in November, but it’s unclear when Texans will receive benefits
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Feds will partially fund SNAP, but Texans could face delays
Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must keep the food program running during the government shutdown.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/snap-benefits-texas-court-rulings/
4 months ago
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Texas airports see major delays, long security lines as government shutdown continues
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Texas airports see delays, long waits as shutdown drags on
Airports across the country have experienced shortages of air traffic controllers and security workers, who have gone weeks without pay amid the shutdown.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/texas-airports-flight-delays-security-lines-government-shutdown/
4 months ago
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Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks as state deadline approaches
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Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks
At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, state transportation officials told local leaders to remove crosswalk art often used to mark historically LGBTQ+ neighborhoods or risk losing millions in funding.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/texas-rainbow-crosswalks-lgbtq-transportation-funding/
4 months ago
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Judicial conduct ballot proposal would expand Abbott's growing influence over courts
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Judicial conduct proposal raises concerns about Abbott overreach
Proposition 12 would allow the governor to appoint a majority of the commission that disciplines judges, as Abbott condemns “activist judges.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/texas-prop-12-judicial-conduct-greg-abbott/
4 months ago
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Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here's what you need to know.
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Texas comptroller's role in voucher program, explained
The Texas comptroller holds tremendous power over the program, including choosing which companies the state will pay millions to help manage it. Voters will decide who runs the agency next year.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/texas-comptroller-school-vouchers-explained/
4 months ago
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Your Halloween pumpkin probably came from this small Texas town
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This Texas town probably grew your Halloween pumpkin
In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/halloween-floydada-texas-pumpkin-industry/
4 months ago
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Many Texans will pay more for ACA health insurance. Here’s what to know about open enrollment.
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ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1
The federal marketplace’s health insurance premiums will cost more for many people. Enrollment runs Nov. 1 to Jan. 15.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/texas-aca-obamacare-health-insurance-open-enrollment/
4 months ago
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Why more Tarrant County kids are going to Texas youth prisons than any others
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Tarrant County sending the most kids to state youth prisons
The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near an all-time high, the state says.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/28/tarrant-county-texas-juvenile-jail-prison-waitlist/
4 months ago
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The federal shutdown will halt November SNAP benefits. Here's what you need to know. Â
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What the federal shutdown means for November SNAP benefits
In Texas, 3.5 million Texans — including 1.7 million children — rely on SNAP, also referred to as food stamps, each month.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/28/texas-snap-food-stamps-federal-shutdown-explained/
4 months ago
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North Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline won’t run for reelection
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Rep. Nate Schatzline to join faith group, not seek reelection
Schatzline, who represents Fort Worth, is one the most conservative members of the Legislature’s lower chamber.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/27/nate-schatzline-reelection-national-faith-advisory-board-fort-worth/
4 months ago
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How John Cornyn’s historic gun safety bill has become a reelection liability
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Election opponents go after John Cornyn on gun safety bill
Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats’ gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun owner’s existing rights.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/27/john-cornyn-gun-bill-senate-primary-texas/
4 months ago
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Feds slash the budget for program that helped 65,000 Texans enroll for health insurance
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Feds cut program to help Texans find insurance
With the Affordable Care Act navigator budget cut by 90%, nonprofits are seeking ways to fund their efforts to bring more of the state’s uninsured into regular health care.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/22/texas-aca-navigator-funding/
4 months ago
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3.5 million Texans will see food assistance halted if government shutdown continues
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Texas warns fed shutdown could affect SNAP in November
Texas officials say food stamp benefits, which go to 1.7 million children, would not be distributed in November under an extended shutdown.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/17/texas-snap-federal-shutdown/
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3.5 million Texans will see food assistance halted if government shutdown continues
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Texas warns fed shutdown could affect SNAP in November
Texas officials say food stamp benefits, which go to 1.7 million children, would not be distributed in November under an extended shutdown.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/17/texas-snap-federal-shutdown/
5 months ago
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ICYMI: Texans could begin applying for school vouchers in February
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Texans can begin applying for school vouchers in February
Private schools looking to educate participating students may also have a chance to apply to the program before the end of the year.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/14/texas-school-voucher-applications/
5 months ago
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