Although Texas counties are not required to provide ambulance services, many are digging deep to pay for their own fleet or to contract out services.
Terri Langford
Terri Langford is the Tribune's health services reporter based in Austin. Langford is a veteran journalist, having worked at the Florida Times Union, The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, WNYC, Honolulu Civil Beat and Texas Standard/KUT. Langford has a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. She has covered various city and state agencies, criminal justice and health and human services for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, The Associated Press, WNYC and Texas Standard at KUT.
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2024 Texas Elections
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2024 Texas Elections
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Robert Roberson
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Texas’ junk science statute has remained hamstrung for the last decade. So too have other criminal justice reforms, despite efforts from the Texas House.
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Robert Roberson
As Robert Roberson’s execution neared, Gov. Greg Abbott stuck to silence
It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who took extraordinary steps.
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Health care
Texas’ order to ask hospital patients’ citizenship status renews focus on the state’s large uninsured population
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Health care
5th Circuit Court orders federal judge removed from Texas foster care lawsuit
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Uvalde school shooting
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Economy
A battered child care industry’s latest challenge? Competing for 4-year-olds.
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Health care
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