Single-minded pursuit of profit by private equity owners in healthcare often comes at the expense of patient care — and taxpayers are footing the bill.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Demographics
Texas is now home to 31 million people even as population growth slows
Texas added nearly 563,000 residents within the last year, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.
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BrightFarms Greenhouse Brings Locally Grown, Long-Lasting Greens to Texans
BrightFarms’ Texas greenhouse brings fresh, local greens to the Lone Star State, redefining agriculture.
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Guides
Here’s what to know about transition-related health care, which Texas has banned for children
Senate Bill 14 prohibits trans kids from receiving puberty blockers and hormone treatments. Here’s what medical experts and trans Texans say about such care.
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An Innovative Solution for a Modern Grid: VPP
The Virtual Power Plant (VPP) will transform homes and businesses from locations where we consume energy, to smart ecosystems where power is managed, optimized, and sometimes even generated.
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What are the best essay writing services? Inside, you’ll see 7 legit paper writing services.
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Graphics and data reporting
Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties
Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.
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Demographics
A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding
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.
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Investigations
Watch: How the race for sheriff on the border became a referendum on immigration
Del Rio Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s run for reelection provides a glimpse at how new patterns of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border have coincided with, if not driven, changing attitudes among voters who live there.
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Investigations
A pro-gun, anti-abortion border sheriff appealed to both parties. Then he was painted as soft on immigration.
Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances.