O’Rourke said he is vaccinated and boosted and tests regularly while traveling the state. A campaign spokesperson said the candidate had no events scheduled for the week.
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Biden administration drops fight over Texas’ Medicaid waiver, now in place until 2030
Debate over the waiver was key to the federal government’s push for Texas to expand Medicaid for more working poor.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Texas district attorney offices would become a new battleground
The full and often unchecked power of the prosecutor was on display when a South Texas woman was charged with murder for a self-induced abortion.
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Texas hospitals prepare to pick up the tab for uninsured COVID-19 patients as federal funds dry up
Hospitals and other health care providers in Texas, which has the lowest rate of insurance coverage in the nation, have gotten some $1.8 billion in federal help for uninsured COVID-19 patients.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Under Texas’ strict abortion law, McAllen clinic sees patients seeking medication across the border
The law went into effect in September, a week before Mexico’s Supreme Court dissolved a Coahuila state law that made abortion a crime. Now some Texans further along in their pregnancies are going there for abortion-inducing drugs.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Former state Sen. Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court
Davis is best known for her 13-hour filibuster against another restrictive abortion law in 2013. Now, she’s suing to block enforcement of Texas’ current ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
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Analysis: Texas’ new standard is abortions for those who can afford to leave Texas
The Texas ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy effectively makes abortion illegal for most pregnant people — but not for those who can afford out-of-state travel.
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Analysis: Texans without high-speed internet are getting closer, slowly
Like other states, Texas found out during the pandemic how critical high-speed broadband is for school, work and medicine. And the state is working to expand it — but it’s going to be at least a year before Texans start to see results.
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Texas CARES project offers insights into COVID-19 antibody response among Texans
By Wendy Cederberg UTHealth School of Public HealthThe Texas Coronavirus Response Survey (Texas CARES) provides improved understanding of how COVID-19 antibody response plays out across our state, in different communities and populations as well as over time. Texas CARES is not only one of the largest longitudinal COVID-19 seroprevalence surveys in the world, and likely […]
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How reproductive rights groups sounded the alarm after a South Texas woman was charged with murder for an abortion
The Rio Grande Valley, often seen as a reliable vote against abortion, has a long history of advocacy to increase access to the procedure.