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Texana Center to close group homes, ending key Medicaid waiver services due to funding shortfalls
KPRC - Texas
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June 24, 2025
HOUSTON – Dozens of families across southeast Texas are now facing tough choices after the Texana Center announced it will no longer operate its Medicaid Waiver programs serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In a...
Houston METRO tests updated bus shelter design to combat extreme heat
KHOU - Texas
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Houston METRO is testing updated bus shelter designs in the Gulfton area to help lower temperatures for riders waiting in the heat. HOUSTON — Houston METRO has begun testing new bus shelter designs in the Gulfton neighborhood, aiming to reduce...
Texas Governor Signs Law Requiring Warning Labels on Some Foods
The Epoch Times
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June 24, 2025
Texas is requiring companies to add warning labels to some foods, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas Make America Health Again (MAHA) legislation, modeled on federal MAHA efforts led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Texas remains nation's most uninsured state, new study finds
San Antonio Current - Texas
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June 24, 2025
click to enlarge Shutterstock / Drazen Zigic Despite Texas' sky high rate of uninsured residents, the state ranked above average when it comes to childhood vaccinations, according to the Commonwealth Fund's report. A new study reports that Texas...
Texas to put warning labels on foods with certain food additives
FOX 7 Austin - Texas
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FILE IMAGE - The breakfast cereal aisle is pictured at a grocery store in Florida in an undated file image. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas - A new Texas law would require...
Texas Hemp Veto Sparks Cannabis Policy Debate
The Dales Report
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June 24, 2025
While Shadd is still out, Anthony Varrell sits down with Michael Bronstein, President of ATACH, and Nick Mortillaro, Executive Director of HILT, to unpack two major hemp and cannabis developments from Texas. The news: Texas Governor Greg Abbott...
Texas Parents Charged With Suffocating 4-Month-Old Baby in a Drawer
Newsweek
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June 24, 2025
A Texas mother and father were charged with murder more than a year after their 4-month-old infant was found unresponsive inside a dresser drawer. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced the murder charges against Jeremy Fancher, 38, and...
Texas Not Among States With Super High Water Contamination
95.5 KLAQ - Texas
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June 24, 2025
Almost every state has some degree of arsenic in its water supply with only a couple showing zero traces. Texas is just barely outside the acceptable range. There's arsenic in almost all water and the United States Environmental Protection Agency...
Texas Trade Deadline: Chris Young Shares Candid Plans For Rangers’ Future
KTEM NewsRadio 14 - Texas
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June 24, 2025
The Texas Rangers are getting serious about their trade deadline plans, and its kind of refreshing. Because the team's President of Baseball Operations is being pretty honest with the fans about what's happening. Texas Rangers Trade Deadline...
Texas governor signs sweeping education bills, banning phones and mandating Ten Commandments in classrooms
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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June 24, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, signed more than 300 bills into law June 20, including two major education measures that ban student cell phone use during school hours and require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom....
Texas Tech officials provide details on fatal officer-involved shooting
Amarillo Globe-News - Texas
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One Texas Tech police officer has been released from the hospital, while another continues to be treated after a fatal shooting early Tuesday morning on campus in Lubbock. Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec and Texas Tech...
Texas Rangers' Cody Bradford to undergo surgery after setback during rehab
WFAA 8 - Texas
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June 24, 2025
The 27-year-old Bradford is 10-6 with a 4.28 ERA in 34 games (21 starts) for Texas the past two seasons. ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford will have elbow surgery Wednesday after a setback during his rehab from a left...
Texas measles outbreak: No new cases in connection to West Texas outbreak
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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The Texas Department of State Health Services says no new measles cases have been detected in the last week in connection to an outbreak in West Texas. The state has been tracking case numbers since the outbreak began in late January. Two cases...
Texas Quietly Makes Workforce Development a Top Policy Priority
Governing
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June 24, 2025
Workforce training played the quiet middle child during this year’s regular legislative session. While louder, more polarizing issues took the spotlight, Texas lawmakers also passed landmark bills that will reshape how students prepare for life...
Texas loosens gun laws, bans 'red flag' orders
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers relaxed rules on gun ownership during the most recent legislative session, marking wins for gun owners and gun rights activists after they were signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. Just before Sunday's veto...
Houston construction worker falls at least 15 feet
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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The Houston Fire Department provides an update after a construction worker fell 15-20 feet. He was transported to a nearby emergency room. HOUSTON - A construction worker was taken to the hospital after falling at least 15 feet at a Houston...
Texas A&M hosts first nursing camp for high schoolers interested in healthcare careers
KRIS 6 - Texas
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June 24, 2025
Texas A&M University held its first-ever Islander Summer Nursing Camp for junior and senior high school students, providing hands-on healthcare experience. The week-long camp offers students the opportunity to explore healthcare through...
Texas High football learning lessons early; relying on offensive line
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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June 24, 2025
TEXARKANA, TX (KTAL/KMSS) – The Texas High Tigers are gearing up for this year's football season with 18 spring practices and a few summer conditioning workouts already in. The Tigers are using this early part of the season to learn valuable...
Potential Health Literacy Resources for Health Plans: A Narrative Review
The American Journal of Managed Care
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June 24, 2025
ABSTRACT Objectives: Numerous health literacy (HL) resources exist for hospital, provider, and pharmacy settings, but they are limited in health plans, which are a common touchpoint for patients. The objective of this study was to identify...
Texas to create its own psychology licensing test amid pushback on national exam
KSAT - Texas
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June 24, 2025
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After leading a national pushback against a costly new national certification exam for psychologists, Texas has approved...