One of the state’s Medicaid managed care plans is slashing the rates it pays for attendants to help the disabled and elderly with long-term care care — angering in-home health providers and sparking fears that other plans could follow suit.
Emily Foxhall
Emily Foxhall is The Texas Tribune's climate reporter. She joined the Tribune as an energy reporter in December 2022, focused on the state’s transition to green energy and the reliability of the power grid. She completed a year-long Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May 2025. Emily is based in Houston, where she grew up. After a stint as a Tribune student intern in 2012, she began her career at the Los Angeles Times and its community papers. She later worked at the Houston Chronicle where her environmental reporting uncovered the effects of climate change and pollution on the region. She won several Texas Managing Editors awards and was part of the 2017 team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Harvey. Emily graduated from Yale University in 2013, where she studied English and was a Yale Journalism Scholar.
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State Government
Family Sues TDCJ Over Heat-Related Death
As summer temperatures rise, so do worries about conditions in state prisons. The Texas Civil Rights Project on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Texas prison officials on behalf of the family of an inmate who died last summer.
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Demographics
Texans React to SCOTUS Ruling on Arizona Law
Opinions on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, run the gamut. Here’s an aggregated look at where Texas lawmakers and interest groups fall on the spectrum.
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Criminal Justice
TJJD Board Approves Reforms Aimed at Reducing Violence
UPDATED: The Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s board voted on Friday to implement new reforms aimed at reducing violence in the state’s troubled youth lockups. It also named Jay Kimbrough interim executive director.
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In CD-33, Garcia, Veasey Aim to Draw New Support
Former state Rep. Domingo Garcia of Dallas and state Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth are hoping to encourage their initial supporters to return to the polls and to widen their reach to find success in the CD-33 Democratic runoff.
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State Government
Ruling Allows Second-Chance Online Lottery to Continue
Those who bought losing scratch-off Texas lottery tickets should still be able to enter online for a follow-up contest, according to an opinion issued by the attorney general’s office this week.
