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Report Calls Texas Spending Inadequate on Tobacco Prevention

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Texas gets billions of dollars each year from the 1998 Tobacco...
Report: ACA Repeal Without Replacement Could Hurt Texans

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – The incoming Trump administration and a Republican Congress are vowing a...
Family Loses Daughter to Drunk Driver, Shares Story to Spare Others from Heartbreak During Holidays

TxDOT’s ‘Plan While You Can’ campaign contributes to a 9-percent decrease in alcohol-related traffic fatalities AUSTIN –...
Report: Border Patrol “Scattering” Tactics Inhumane, Deadly

by Mark Richardson LAREDO, Texas – The U.S. Border Patrol purposely drives migrants into remote, desolate areas,...
Report: Passing Anti-LGBT Bill Could Cost Texas Billions

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Some state leaders are prioritizing a so-called anti-LGBT bathroom bill for...
Feds Empty Family Detention Centers After Texas Judge’s Ruling

by Mark Richardson SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Federal immigration centers have begun releasing hundreds of families from...
Texas May Face Lawsuit Over New Abortion Regulations

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have struck down several anti-abortion restrictions,...
Survey: Texas Reduces Homelessness by 42 Percent Since 2007

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Advocates for Texas’ homeless population are celebrating a federal report showing...
Survey: Texas Ranks Near Bottom for Charitable Giving

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Today is Giving Tuesday, when people are encouraged to donate to...
Environmentalists Fear Trump Could Reverse Decades of Progress

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Some Texas conservation groups fear that gains made in recent years...