Report: Texas Women's Health Program Hit Hard

Thousands fewer women served by Texas Women's Health Program

"...new report confirms what reproductive health advocates predicted when Texas officials decided to kick Planned Parenthood out of a..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Report: Thousands Fewer Women Served by Texas Women's Health Program

After excluding Planned Parenthood, fewer women in health program

"...new report confirms what reproductive health advocates predicted when Texas officials decided to kick Planned Parenthood out of a..."

March 25, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Under Not So Healthy Texas Skies

Report on Texas health comes up mostly snake eyes

"...Everything's bigger in Texas – except health care, which is puny. That's according..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Trump Administration Validates Texas' Anti-Choice Policies

State rewarded for booting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program

"...When anti-choice Texas officials decided they’d rather see 50,000 low-income women scramble..."

Jan. 22, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Anti-Choice Grifter’s Mischief Costs Texas Taxpayers $1.6M

State asks for its money back after Round Rock-based anti-abortion group fritters away women's health funds

"...Texas' woefully terrible decision to grant its precious women's health..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...Belver, executive director of Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan. 24, closing up the CAI women's..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Lay Out Legislative Agenda

“Trust. Respect. Access.” campaign combines progressive forces

"...far-reaching legislative agenda to restore trust and respect for women making their own medical decisions and to expand access..."

March 6, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home

School finance heads to the House floor

"...School district officials across Texas got their first look at how House Bill 3..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funding?

State senator proposes biennial bump in funding

"...Last week, in a move that has encouraged women’s health advocates, Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, expressed “strong..."

Feb. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

New Coalition to Push for Women's Health

A group of heavy-hitters steps up to the plate

"...under way, serious questions persist about the future of women's health care funding – and there's a new player..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

New Healthy and Planned Families Bills Hit Lege

Sen. Leticia Van de Putte and Reps. Ruth Jones McClendon and Mike Villareal team up with healthy family and fam planning bills

"...joined with House colleagues to introduce a spate of women's and family health bills -- including a measure that..."

Feb. 12, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

13 Austin Women-Owned Restaurants

Where to fuel up on A Day Without a Woman and beyond

"...participants and allies to only support small minority and women-owned businesses. Here are 13 of our favorites...."

March 8, 2017 Food Post by Sierra Diaz

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Perry Continues Assault on Women's Health Care

Perry ends the WHP and blames it on the feds

"...press Tuesday evening (a day early) this week, the Texas Women's Health Program was set to expire Wednesday, March..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Family Planning (Still) Costs More, Serves Fewer Women

State serves 77% fewer women in 2013

"...second year in a row – the number of women served by the state's family planning budget dropped dramatically,..."

Nov. 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funds?

Ranking Senate Republican favors more funding for women's health

"...Last week, in a move that has encouraged women's health advocates, Sen. Jane Nel­son, R-Flower Mound, ranking Senate..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Women Are Changing the World of Wine by Reclaiming the Vine

Wonder Women of Wine advocates for gender equality and diversity in the wine industry

"...As she started to surround herself with more women in the industry – an industry where over 60%..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...Now the executive director of the Central Texas division of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI),..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Wrenching Issues Face First Dobbs-Era Texas Legislature

Pulling the trigger

"...As Texas' "trigger law" took effect last week, piling more penalties..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Opinion: Why Texas Is Ground Zero for Change

With untapped voting power of Latinos, Texas has enormous potential, but the Lone Star State must modernize to pave the way to a stronger, more inclusive America

"...potential for progress and leadership. The vast area of Texas alone, which embodies the ability to lead the nation..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Antonio Arellano

Staying Healthy to Stay in School

National nonprofit Communities in Schools looks at the role of food in education

"...passing period between classes at Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Lead­er­ship Academy is eerily calm on a Friday afternoon..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Women's Health Care in Political Jeopardy ... Again

Senator wants to reinvent the wheel on women's health care

"...If Sen. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, has his way, Texas' Planned Parenthood clinics won't be allowed to contract with..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Dems Set Their Eyes on the 2020 Prize

Their goal: Flip the state House of Representatives

"...when – as a young and eager aide to Texas' last Democratic leader. "I know what it used to..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: Healthy Town Hall

While we wait for federal reform, the health-care work goes on

"...of the small-business health-benefits program known as TexHealth Central Texas. And on Saturday afternoon, the Travis County Healthcare Dis­trict..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"..."Women were required to take drugs causing extreme sedation. ......"

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Women Dig In

The contractors' boycott against Planned Parenthood won a battle, but it's a long war.

"...And Browning, one of the largest construction contractors in Texas, was also feeling the heat from a bombardment of..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

UT Alum Danielle Villasana Shines a Light on the Trans Women of Peru

Photojournalist hopes to inspire change through photographs

"...Multiple transgender women were able to do just that with the help..."

Feb. 21, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

"...Typically, the Texas economy does very well, but we do sometimes have..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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