After a Million Texas Kids Were Kicked Off Medicaid, Thousands More Are Still in Limbo

Application backlog grew from December to January

"...More than a million Texas kids in low-income families have lost their health insurance..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...Rundberg Lane in North Austin. Both groups drew guns and shot. A 32-year-old man lost his life. Wallace was..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Feds Approve Texas’ Plan to Expand Medicaid to Postpartum Moms

Texas is one of the last states to offer new moms coverage

"...It’s been a little more than four months since the Texas legislature passed a law aiming to expand Medicaid..."

Jan. 17, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

State Health Care Agency Urging 55-Hour Christmas-Themed Work Weeks

The request is an effort to address Medicaid and SNAP backlogs

"...12:07pm: This story has been updated to correct errors and to include information provided by HHSC after publication. All..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas

It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better

"...Impoverished Texans, the vast majority of them children, could go hungry this..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Democrats Continue Urging Federal Investigation Into Medicaid Coverage Losses

More whistleblowers flag broken screening process

"...In the wake of nearly 1 million Texans losing Medicaid coverage..."

Sept. 21, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Medicaid Warning As many as 600,000 Texans have had their health coverage erroneously terminated in the past four months..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature

You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?

Get out of jail free $10K

"...version of a DMV waiting room that sits in the basement of the Downtown jail. There, Travis County Sheriff's..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Five Texas Families Sue State Over Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth

ACLU says C U in court

"...With weeks to go before Texas' ban on gender affirming medical care for minors goes..."

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Texas Lege Preview: Guns! Mental Health! Can the Lege Decide?

In the wake of Uvalde massacre, lawmakers float weapon restrictions, new programs

"...It's an utter cliche now that whenever there's an outburst of gun violence such as last May's..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Turkey Trot to the Polls: The December 13 run-off election will decide three..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...For more than a decade, Austin was the largest city to designate itself a no-kill sanctuary for..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...Everything's bigger in Texas – except for the system that's supposed to provide..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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..."

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

Austin's 10-Year No-Kill Deal With Austin Pets Alive! May Be Dead

Like cats and dogs

"...Dr. Ellen Jefferson, president and CEO of Austin Pets Alive!, has spent the last..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Back on the Dais: City Council meets today, July 22, at City..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature

Texas Bill Gives Localities a Way Past State Obstruction to Medicaid

Lloyd Doggett looks to get Medicaid to more

"...More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act's passage – and three U.S. Supreme..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

As 5 million Texans Lack Health Insurance, Lege Still Says No to Medicaid

The state's dismally large gaps in health care access have grown even wider during the COVID-19 disaster

"...On the eve of the 87th Texas Legislature, as the state's..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters

Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget

"...While shooting down amendments that could have expanded health care for struggling low-income Texans and helped victims..."

April 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Women's Health Advocates Brace for "Perfect Storm" at Texas Legislature

Republican lawmakers racing to further restrict abortion access

"...A month before the 87th Texas Legislature gaveled in, Republican lawmakers were already..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...It Ain't Over Until the Run-Offs: In-person early voting for the December 15 run-offs..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature

As Nursing Homes Reopen to Visitors, Will They Stay Safe?

Caring, with caution

"...homes have gained new pathways to reunite with family and friends after months of painful separation. The federal Center..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...Although District 6 in the city's far northwest – including the portion of Austin..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...Council passed a resolution meant to fortify nursing homes and protect their residents from the ravages of COVID-19, and..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Now Streaming in Austin: Brainstorm Black

Charlotte Moore's series about changing outcomes in Black Austin

"...made titles to watch while self-quarantining. So far during the coronavirus lockdown, every Thursday we've done a livetweet of..."

June 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. dawned with the tragic..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Opinion: Anti-Asian Racism Compounds the COVID-19 Crisis for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

AFSSA Executive Director Darlene Lanham asks Central Texans to take a stand against coronavirus-motivated racism and to support our Asian communities

"...In the new world of COVID-19, Asian and immigrant survivors of..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Darlene Lanham

Day Trips & Beyond: Out of Town Closures Due to COVID-19

Here are the latest updates

"...With the rapidly changing situation caused by the COVID-19/coronavirus, events around..."

March 24, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...Advocates from a large group of local social justice and advocacy organizations are calling on city and county leaders..."

March 16, 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

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