Five years after Texas became the first state to permit freestanding emergency rooms, more than 160 have set up shop around the state — a presence that suburban commuters and health insurers alike are finding impossible to ignore.
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin was the 2015 Google Fellow at The Texas Tribune, where he developed news applications and designs data visualizations. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, he worked for the Central News Agency and Liberty Times. He also interned for the design team at Intelligencia, a software development company based in Taiwan. He is currently a master’s candidate at the University of California at Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism where he focuses on interactive graphic, online news packages and design.
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Obamacare Health Plans to Get Special Label
Texans who purchased insurance under Obamacare will soon have a special label on their insurance cards. Use our interactive map to see where Texans are purchasing these plans. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series.
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New Law Will Help More Texans Go Solar
A loophole in state law allowed some developers to block solar installations on homes in new neighborhoods. Now it’s been plugged. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series.
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Lawmakers Ditch $200 Fee for Lawyers, Doctors, Brokers
Fourteen years after lawmakers first tacked on a $200 annual licensing fee for some occupations, the so-called professionals tax will be repealed Sept. 1. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series.