Texas SNAP benefit pause: Here’s how to receive and give help Food assistance will be canceled in November amid the current federal government shutdown, halting benefits for 11% of Texas’ population. The Texas Tribune · Oct 28, 2025
The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year. The post The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas appeared first on The Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune · Oct 15, 2025
Texas hospitals, clinics spared the worst of GOP Medicaid cuts. An expected rise in the uninsured rate could change that. Texas clinics, in particular, are worried about their ability to meet patient needs once people begin losing insurance under changes from Republicans’ recent megabill. The Texas Tribune · Jul 24, 2025
1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story. The Texas Tribune · Jul 18, 2025
Why a Rio Grande Valley hospital is helping to feed its patients As the Edinburg facility and others seek to assist people experiencing food insecurity, state lawmakers have more than a dozen bills that could tackle Texas’ food deserts. The Texas Tribune · Mar 6, 2025
Health care access and economic insecurity top a list of challenges for Texas children A San Antonio panel discussed the results of a new survey on the well-being of Texas children Thursday and proposed solutions to the state’s ongoing challenges. The Texas Tribune · Feb 6, 2025
Laws have changed around parking for disabled Texans over the years. Here’s how it looks today. How have new laws changed accessible parking? How are violations enforced? Here’s what you need to know about parking for people with disabilities. The Texas Tribune · Sep 20, 2023
Texas can now apply to import lower-priced Canadian medications Texas joins a handful of states turn to the north for cheaper drugs. But feds have been slow to approve requests, three years after giving initial OK. The Texas Tribune · Aug 29, 2023
Despite Setbacks, Activists Score Victories in Texas Fight Over Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Industry Following watchdog's advice, senators shrink tax giveaway program for oil and gas. Capital & Main · Aug 28, 2023
Wrecking Women’s Healthcare Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble. Texas Observer · May 22, 2023
Why are half of Texas’ 5 million uninsured passing on affordable health coverage? DALLAS — What’s more surprising: that a record 1.84 million Texans enrolled in Obamacare for 2022 or that over 2 million others passed on insurance despite being eligible for cost-cutting subsidies? Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022