Texas
Texas’ ‘maternity deserts’ grow as staff shortages close rural delivery units
January 25, 2022Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.
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Austin voters reject Proposition A, which would have pumped up police budgets
November 4, 2021The measure was backed by local Republican Party officials posing as grassroots community leaders.
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Constitutionality of Texas governor’s ‘catch and jail’ immigration policy challenged
November 1, 2021Congressional Democrats ask feds to investigate whether Texas migrant arrests violate constitutional rights.
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Fighting Proposition A, the right-wing’s plan to explode Austin police budgets
October 27, 2021The initiative stands to change the entire political landscape of the most progressive city in Texas.
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Texas Republicans slice electoral boundaries to dilute Latino and Asian voting power
October 19, 2021The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two proposed districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, white electoral power.
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