Legislative Update

Passage of bills spells progress for local food movement

"...Local foodies rejoice! The Texas House of Representatives has voted to pass House Bill..."

May 8, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...That was one of the misleading and deceptive messages imparted to Laura Gor­sky..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...When Marcus Turner awoke one morning in November of 2014, he noticed numbness in his arms and legs..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Article Wrong About FQHCs

"...We are responding to your cover story, “The New Texas Family Planning” by Jordan Smith [News], in the Jan...."

Feb. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Fetal Burial Saga Continues

Pro-choice advocates say new rules aren't backed by science

"...had she been forced to adhere to newly proposed state rules mandating her aborted fetus be cremated or buried,..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Beats Nothing

Women's health gets funding bump

"...The Department of State Health Ser­vices announced last week that it..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...A day before the Texas Senate debated and ultimately passed House Bill 2, the..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crackdown

If local eggs are outlawed, will only outlaws have eggs?

"...his nearly 20 years in business, Kim Alexan­der, owner of Alexander Family Farm, just east of the Austin-Bergstrom International..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week Provisions Under Article 3 of the Geneva..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...pandemic in the U.S. dawned with the tragic story of Life Care Center, a nursing home outside Seattle where..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs

Knowledge is power

"...one thing that hasn't changed enough is the availability of testing for the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Abortion Alternatives, by the Numbers

A financial comparison of TPCN and more traditional women's health care providers

"...Texas Pregnancy Care NetworkFiscal Year 2006, partial (March 16-Aug. 31)..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Planned Parenthood Slashed Again

While patients lose health care, the state dumps money on unprepared clinics

"...As of Sept. 1, Planned Parent-hood of Austin Family Planning Inc.,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Your cover story, "The New Texas Family Planning" by Jordan Smith [News], in the Jan...."

Feb. 3, 2006 Column

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...eyes, took turns recounting aloud their experiences fighting one of the most draconian abortion laws in the country. Roughly..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Planned Parenthood Denied Injunction

Judge questions likelihood that provider will prevail in suit

"...today denied Planned Parenthood a temporary injunction, allowing the state to continue operating, for now, the state-funded Texas Women's..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Panhandlers for God

Not all street solicitors are created equal – some owe their souls to the company church

"...Hodge is one-third of the three-man, four-hour KLBJ-FM Dudley & Bob Morning Show..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Senate prioritizes anti-abortion bills during special session

"...Barely a week into the special session and the Texas Senate is on a dizzying fast-track to advance anti-choice..."

July 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Federal Judge Blocks Fetal Burial Rule … For Now

Anti-choice rule will not go into effect Dec. 19

"...cremate their fetus after an abortion or miscarriage, regardless of gestation period, has been blocked – at least temporarily...."

Dec. 15, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

DSHS Rules: The Right Not to Have an Abortion

Agency upholds ambulatory surgical center standard

"...On Dec. 27, the Texas Department of State Health Services adopted new regulations that..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: They're Not 'Pro-Life'

The health care cuts are anti-women and anti-family

"...• 22: Texas clinics – providing preventive health care services to women..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Shut the Front Door: Proposed Rules Threaten Cottage Food Operators

DSHS takes a bite out of Texas' celebrated Cottage Foods law

"...by language in the law to devise a set of rules to regulate cottage foods operations, the Texas Department..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "This was a deadly force encounter that,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Abbott Lifts COVID Rules: Will a Surge Follow?

Governor's move seen as premature, reckless by local leaders, businesses

"...The first anniversary of Texas' COVID-19 crisis will be observed with tragic irony..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Lawmaker Files Bill Penalizing Male Masturbation

HB 4620 highlights absurdity of intrusive anti-choice bills

"...Fed up with the slew of bills regulating women’s health care, Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston,..."

March 13, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Activist Posts Up At Gov Mansion to Protest Cancer Screening Cuts

Minority, low-income women will be hit hardest by cuts

"...Braving Texas’ summer heat, 20-year-old Sadie Hernandez stands outside the governor’s..."

June 5, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

House Appropriations Committee Gets Witchy?

Pro-life advocate calls lawmakers witches

"...According to Texas Right to Life Director Elizabeth Graham, Austin Democratic Rep...."

March 6, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Seton Has Their Say

"...Sept. 11, The Austin Chronicle published the story “Central Health Budget Suggests Waning Trust in Ascension.” Ascension Seton was..."

Sept. 25, 2023 Postmarks

Industry Celebrates as Delta-8 Stays Legal, but for How Long?

Cannabusinesses try to keep up with laws concerning the THC product

"...At the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Leander, a vending machine in..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Austin Begins to Descend – Again – From a COVID Surge Peak

Steady as the COVID goes

"...longer, so does the time elapsed since Austin Public Health last reported all-time highs for COVID-19 key metrics...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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