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How to Get Birth Control and Emergency Contraception in Texas

KERA | By María Méndez | The ...
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North Texans Speak Out For Northwest, Lewisville ISD Teachers Targeted Online

KERA | By Bill Zeeble Published March 20, ...
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What a New Funding Model Means for Community Colleges in Texas

House Bill 8 awards funding based ...
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DPS Announces Results from Human Trafficking Operations

March 4, 2024 AUSTIN – The Texas ...
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Medicaid Patients Now Have 12 months of Postpartum Coverage in Texas

KERA | By Elena Rivera Published March 1, ...
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New Pregnancy Clinic in South Dallas Aims to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

KERA | By Elena Rivera Published February 7, ...
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Texas Got a Sex Education Update Two Years Ago. Advocates Say There Are Still Gaps

KERA | By Elena Rivera Published February 21, ...
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Equity Summit Highlights Unequal Challenges to Quality Health and Education

KERA | By Bill Zeeble Published February 23, ...
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Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records

If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework. By Eleanor Klibanoff May 10, 2025 Dozens…
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Texas House sends bill that could increase cost of gender transition health care to governor’s desk

By Blaise Gainey Published May 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM CDT The Texas House passed a measure on Monday that opponents say could raise the price of gender-affirming health care for adults…
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Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health

Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity. By Sofia Sorochinskaia April 29, 2025 5 AM Central When…
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State Rep. Venton Jones’ HB 50 passes unanimously out of committee, bringing Texas ‘one step closer to smarter HIV prevention’

By Tammye Nash April 8, 2025 State Rep. Venton Jones has announced that on Monday, April 7, the House Committee on Public Health unanimously passed House Bill 50, the bill the Texas Democrat authored…
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Hundreds rally against ICE raids at Arlington protest and rally

February 2, 2025 Demonstrations continued for a second weekend throughout North Texas against the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on illegal immigration. Hundreds of people gathered outside Arlington City Hall Sunday afternoon holding…
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Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor who allegedly provided abortion pills to a pregnant woman in Collin County, Texas. Dec. 13, 2024, 7:36 PM CST By Zoë…
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Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to “rescue” maternal health care system

By  ELEANOR KLIBANOFF/The Texas Tribune Updated 2:29 PM CST, December 3, 2024 Twenty five years ago, the Texas Legislature passed a sweeping set of reforms to resuscitate the state’s collapsing rural…
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Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for positive drug tests

By Shoshana Walter Published December 11, 2024 at 2:33 PM CST Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her…
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Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliation, survey found

By Kate McGee Published December 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM CST University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their…
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Texas conservatives plan to further restrict trans lives this legislative session

Emboldened by the recent election, some Texas lawmakers are already filing bills that would dictate bathroom use, limit gender identity markers on documents and restrict funding for surgeries. By Eleanor Klibanoff…
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