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Agreement Means More Texans Can Vote in November

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Voting rights advocates encouraged the more than 500,000 Texans who could...
Clean Power Plan Could Bring Texas Billion-Dollar Benefits

by Mark Richardson HOUSTON – On the anniversary of finalizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power...
Hearing Set on Controversial TX Fetal-Tissue Rule

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Reproductive rights advocates are calling a proposed Texas abortion rule “another...
Medicaid Will Pay for Mosquito Repellent to Fight Zika

AUSTIN – Texas Medicaid will cover the cost of mosquito repellent for women who are between the...
EPA Says Aircraft Engines Emit Greenhouse Gases

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft engines endanger public health and welfare,...
Doctors, Advocates Protest Changes to Texas Abortion Booklet

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands have submitted comments to the Texas Department of State Health...
Settlement Clears Immigrant Children’s Path to Birth Certificates

by Mark Richardson WESLACO, Texas – Undocumented immigrants with children born in the United States now can...
Court: Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court has ruled that the controversial Texas Voter...
Political Parties’ Platforms Don’t Mention Traffic Deaths

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Republican and Democratic party platforms this year address trade, gun violence...
Congress Ponders Changes to School Food Program

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas – Congress is considering legislation that would change a program that currently...