Where, when and how to vote in the May 4 election in Bexar County
Early voting is from Monday, April 22, to Tuesday, April 30. Election Day is Saturday, May 4.
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More than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white.
View Article42-year-old man at center of DPS facility crash in Brenham facing felony...
Public safety officials earlier this week identified the deceased person as 78-year-old Bobby Huff. Two victims remain in critical condition, according to the department on Thursday.
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Rumors of mismanagement swirled online after a weather cancellation, but disabled festival goers clocked issues from the start.
View ArticleSan Marcos changes its water restriction policy for the first time in nearly...
The city is decreasing its number of drought stages from five to three with greater differences between stages. The new restrictions also change how the city measures its available water supply.
View ArticleWorld War II offers lessons about how to help starving people today
The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.
View ArticleBiden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault...
The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and girls' teams.
View ArticleRacial disparities in health care persist in Texas, new study finds
According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, Texas has more severe racial and ethnic health disparities than other states in the Southwest.
View Article'We created this problem:' A pediatric surgeon explains how gun violence...
Mikael Petrosyan of Children's National Hospital says gun violence against children is preventable.
View ArticleWhere, when and how to vote in the May 4 election in Bexar County
Early voting is from Monday, April 22, to Tuesday, April 30. Election Day is Saturday, May 4.
View ArticleExploring the future of jobs and the economy in Texas
How will the jobs of tomorrow look different? We’re taking a look at some of Texas’ most prominent industries and providing a glimpse at where they’re headed.
View ArticleIn Presidio, the effort to preserve an Indigenous cemetery is finally complete
In the beginning, relatives of the people buried in El Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes hoped to protect the Lipan Apache burial ground from further decay. Three years later, they’ve created a...
View ArticleMany in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation'
With demand for jobs like HVAC technicians, electricians and wind turbine installers, enrollment is ticking up at vocational schools as four-year college costs continue to soar.
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Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.
View ArticleDespite a fortified border, migrants will keep coming, analysts agree.
The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say.
View ArticleMigrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had...
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
View ArticleSeattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient records to...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles.
View ArticleUvalde to build new behavioral health campus dedicated to adult and youth...
The $34 million project will provide mental health services in Uvalde and in the 32 counties in the region. It will feature a crisis unit for adults and dedicated youth wing.
View ArticleHouston’s Salvadoran janitors fight to increase pay, benefits
In Houston, more than 5,000 janitors are immigrants from El Salvador, which is roughly 10% of the janitorial workforce. Yet they are less than 3% of working people in the city.
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