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Texas Medicaid cuts leave special needs kids without therapy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Stacey English has modest desires for her 7-year-old daughter Addison: Be able to eat without gagging and move both her arms. But since Addison's occupational therapist went out of business this winter, the child with a rare g...
Texas lawmakers make few moves to address pregnancy deaths
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take any significant action to address the state's skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the d...
Texas Senate OKs mandating reports on abortion complications
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers are moving closer to requiring the collection of more-detailed reports about complications from abortions performed statewide The state Senate late Tuesday approved 22-9 a bill mandating that medical clinics r...
More Texas high schoolers who fail tests could graduate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More Texas high schoolers could soon have a chance to graduate without passing all of the state's mandatory tests. The Texas House on Monday voted to extend an alternative graduation program for high school seniors who fail t...
Texas to study record maternal mortality
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas — where the rate of maternal mortality has spiked in recent years for reasons not fully understood — is poised to take an initial step toward examining the problem. The state could soon be required to post guidelines for r...
