Expanding Medicaid improves everyone’s health. So why hasn’t …
Aug 21, 2023 · Most Texans support Medicaid expansion. But most Texans support wider access to health care coverage. A 2020 poll by the Episcopal Health Foundation showed nearly seven in 10 Texans “think the state should expand Medicaid to provide health insurance to more low-income Texans who are uninsured.” “Texas is a state that has the largest number of people who would benefit from expansion ...
What does the Texas House speaker do, and why are Republicans …
Dec 6, 2024 · From The Texas Tribune:. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to lead the Legislature’s lower chamber next year ahead of a critical vote scheduled for this weekend.. Phelan was expected to defend his position against the far-right flank of his party, some of whom rallied behind state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield. Republicans plan to meet in private this weekend to pick their ...
Texas has a feral hog problem. Hunting them makes it worse.
Apr 7, 2022 · It’s not hard to hunt feral hogs in Texas. That’s partly because there are so many of them here – the most of any state, experts think – and partly because it’s state policy to make hog hunting as easy as possible.. Feral hogs are among the most destructive invasive species in the United States. Every year, they cause over $1 billion in damage nationwide to crops and property.
Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
In The Only State Where Selling Peyote Is Legal, The Cactus Is ...
Nov 13, 2018 · In ecological terms, South Texas is known as brush country – i t’s home to lots of thorny shrubs, trees and palms. Its humid climate makes it similar to parts of Northern Mexico, and it’s only in these two places where you can find one member of the cacti family which has been controversial, to say the least: peyote – genus Lophophora – is a small cactus native to the Rio Grande Valley.
New study finds maternal mortality in Texas rose faster than …
Sep 24, 2024 · According to a new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, the number of women who have died while pregnant or from labor complications has risen dramatically in Texas, apparently exacerbated by the state’s abortion restrictions passed in 2021.. The study’s findings were published by NBC News, where Zinhle Essamuah was one of the reporters on the story.
Texas has open primaries. Here’s what that means and what you …
Feb 20, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. While it may seem like the 2024 election cycle has already been going on forever, the first round of voting for it is just now underway. Early voting for primaries in Texas runs through March 1, and primary Election Day is March 5.
What Does An Election Judge Do - Texas Standard
Feb 22, 2018 · From KUT: Early voting for the March 6 primaries in Texas started this week. But, if you plan on voting on Election Day, it’s possible you might run into someone at your polling location with the title of “election judge.” As part of our Texas Decides project, a listener wanted to know what they do and how they got that job. First thing’s first: an election judge isn’t an actual ...
Three Laws Every Rural Landowner In Texas Should Know
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