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Texas Medical Marijuana Program Could Be Extended to Millions of Residents

Texas Medical Marijuana Program Could Be Extended to Millions of Residents

Sex Education in Texas Still Lacking, Advocates Say

Sex Education in Texas Still Lacking, Advocates Say

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Deja Vu for Denton Voters After Pot Decriminalization Goes Up in Smoke

By Simone Carter
Mar 15, 2023

For the second time in less than a decade, the will of the people in Denton is being denied.
Bill by Dallas Lawmaker Aims To Fix 'Epidemic' of Violence Against Healthcare Workers

By Simone Carter
Mar 7, 2023

In response to last October's deadly shooting at Methodist Hospital, Dallas state Rep. Rafael Anchía filed two new house bills.
A Blood Stem Cell Donor Matching Event Aims To Save the Life of The Potter's House COO.

By Kelly Dearmore
Feb 24, 2023

This weekend, The Potter’s House will welcome as many people as it can for a type of gathering different from the typical Sunday service. On Feb. 26 from 12-5 p.m. the church is asking for blood stem cell donations to help save the life of its chief operating officer, Frank...
Ken Paxton Joins Other State AGs in a Battle Against the Abortion Pill and the FDA

By Kelly Dearmore
Feb 8, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has placed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains directly in his crosshairs. In a Feb. 3 announcement, Paxton stated he had joined a multi-state effort designed to slow the prescribing of mifepristone “after the FDA made radical...
Dallas County v. Texas: Commissioners Could Sue if State Doesn't Provide Mental Health Beds

By Simone Carter
Jan 27, 2023

Dallas County commissioners are demanding that the state do more to provide mental health beds for inmates found incompetent to stand trial.
Denton-Based Telehealth Company Charging, Not Helping, Patients, BBB Warns

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 9, 2023

The Better Business Bureau is telling people to avoid a Denton-based telehealth company called Doctor Alexa that is allegedly taking customer money but not providing the services they paid for.
North Texas Pair Ran a $7 Million COVID-19 Testing Scheme, U.S. Attorney Says

By Kelly Dearmore
Dec 20, 2022

A pair of North Texas residents pleaded not guilty on Dec. 16 to charges they defrauded insurers of more than $7 million via fake COVID-19 tests. A statement released by the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, claims that Terrance Barnard, 39, and Connie Jo Clampitt,...
With a Legal Win Against "Bounty Hunters," Local Abortion Activists Prepare for More Battles

By Kelly Dearmore
Dec 13, 2022

Last week a Texas court handed abortion-rights advocates a victory when it dismissed a lawsuit against a San Antonio doctor who provided an abortion in September to a woman who was more than six weeks pregnant. It’s a significant win for those who oppose Texas Senate Bill 8, also known...
Lawmakers Have Abortion on the Mind as Texas Legislative Session Approaches

By Jacob Vaughn
Nov 21, 2022

Some of the bills filed early in the upcoming Texas legislative session double down on the state's strict abortion laws. Others aim to loosen them.
Exhausted by the Pandemic, Nurses Now Face a Worsening Problem of Workplace Violence

By Darby Murnane
Oct 18, 2022

In post-pandemic Texas and beyond, nurses are facing long-term challenges.
Man on the Run: AG Ken Paxton Fled When Served Subpoena in Abortion Lawsuit

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 28, 2022

A process server claimed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran from him as he tried to serve subpoenas from a federal lawsuit.
In Video, Texas GOP Donor Steven Hotze Claims COVID Vaccine Leads to ‘Mind Control’

By Patrick Strickland
Sep 23, 2022

A year and a half since COVID-19 first hit and shuttered much of the world, some hardline Texas conservatives are still spreading wild conspiracy theories about the vaccine. In a Twitter post on Thursday, the Washington, D.C.-based watchdog media outlet Right Wing Watch published a video of Texas-based doctor, right-wing...
Texas Democrats Call on State Health Officials to Release Data on Pregnancy-Related Deaths

By Patrick Strickland
Sep 21, 2022

Dozens of state lawmakers have called on DSHS to publish a report on the number of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tells Texans and Others to Go to the Golden State for Abortions

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 16, 2022

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says in new, multi-state billboards that people faced with abortion bans can go to his state to get the procedure legally.
'It's Not Over': Dallas County Has Received the Updated Omicron Vaccine

By Kate Pezzulli
Sep 11, 2022

Dallas County has now received shipments of the new, updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
Cards Against Humanity to Give Profits from 'Dystopian Forced-Birth Hellscape' Texas to Abortion Fund

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 8, 2022

Cards Against Humanity is donating 100% of its profits from anti-abortion states to the National Network of Abortion.
Experts Warn of Latest COVID-19 Subvariant as CDC Raises Dallas County Threat Level to Red

By Simone Carter
Jul 18, 2022

Dallas County is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases thanks to the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over New Abortion Guidance

By Simone Carter
Jul 15, 2022

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal guidance aimed at protecting doctors who perform emergency abortions.
My Body, My Choice of Ink: DFW Tattoo Parlor Offers Special Tattoos to Protest Abortion Ruling

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 12, 2022

We may have known for some time that Roe v. Wade was on its way out with the appointment of anti-choice justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, but no one could've prepared for the day it inevitably happened.
In a Post-Roe Texas, Southlake Insurance Company Says It Will Cover Employee Birthing Costs

By Simone Carter
Jul 11, 2022

A Southlake-based insurance company recently announced that it will cover the medical costs for employees who give birth.

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