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Texas bills aim to help students with debilitating menstrual pain

By Kiley Beykirch, Staff Writer
Published Mar 11, 2025
Two proposed bills aim to excuse school absenses due to diagnosed menstrual disorders.
Biologist Jude Smith looks over a nearly dry spring at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge outside Muleshoe, Texas, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The spring is fed by the Ogallala Aquifer, which is becoming depleted because of irrigation and drought. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers)

Texas lawmakers propose county-level water conservation bill

By Delaney Vega, Staff Writer
Published Mar 11, 2025
As Texas faces water shortages, lawmakers are pushing for a solution.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, center, and first lady Janet Huckabee, left, watch as Pulaski County Clerk Pat O'Brien, stamps their covenant marriage forms, Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, in North Little Rock, Ark., during a Valentine's Day ceremony supporting the state's four-year-old covenant-marriage law. Before the renewal of vows, the Huckabees converted their 30-year marriage to a covenant marriage. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)

Texas could be the fourth state to legalize covenant marriage

By Caleb Gottry, Staff Writer
Published Mar 10, 2025
With the goal of strengthening marriages, House Bill 931 looks to offer covenant marriage in Texas.
Food is medicine: Texas food organizations advocate for legislative action

Food is medicine: Texas food organizations advocate for legislative action

By Hanna Landa, Executive Editor
Published Mar 10, 2025
Texas food banks and advocacy groups are pushing for legislative action to integrate nutrition-focused healthcare into Medicaid, allowing doctors to prescribe healthy food as part of treatment for chronic illnesses.
Blue pinwheels, each representing a child who was a victim of abuse or neglect, are displaying annually across the country as part of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Texas Senate Bill 620 would emphasize family preservation in child welfare cases

By Presley Walker, Staff Writer
Published Mar 10, 2025
Texas is considering a shift in child welfare policy, moving from "reasonable efforts" to "active efforts" in family preservation. State Sen. Kevin Sparks introduced Senate Bill 620, which would extend standards from the Indian Child Welfare Act to all child welfare cases in the state.
Texas Capitol during opening day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Eliminating the Texas Education Agency would be a major overhaul

By Caroline Denning, Staff Writer
Published Mar 10, 2025

Areana Coles receives an ultrasound during a prenatal visit at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Texas lawmaker proposes maternal health workforce campaign to address care shortages

By Shaylin Smith, Staff Writer
Published Mar 10, 2025

Parents, students and administrators take part in a rally in support of school choice, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Austin , Texas. Past voucher programs seeking to provide public money to families who send their children to private and religious schools have sailed through the state Senate but fizzled in the House, where lawmakers from both parties worry about hurting rural classrooms _ but rally organizers are hoping that added political pressure could change that this session.

Texas weighs tax-funded private school choice

By Ella Funke, Staff Writer
Published Mar 9, 2025

Bitcoin cryptocurrency physical representation is photographed for illustration photo in Krakow, Poland on February 27, 2025.

Texas considers a Bitcoin Reserve Fund

By Colin Black, Staff Writer
Published Mar 9, 2025

An airplane passes power lines as the sun sets, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in San Antonio. Triple digit temperatures continue to stress the power grid. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Technology puts further strain on Texas power grid

By Colin Black, Staff Writer
Published Feb 18, 2025
The Stargate project, which plans to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years, is building its initial data center in Abilene
Texas senate bill seeks to allow teen mothers autonomy over their reproductive health

Texas senate bill seeks to allow teen mothers autonomy over their reproductive health

By Kiley Beykirch, Staff Writer
Published Feb 17, 2025
Senate Bill 348 would grant unmarried minor mothers the ability to make decisions regarding postpartum medical care and contraception without parental consent.
Legislatures convene to discuss school vouchers. (Texas Senate)

Texas Senate passes education savings account bill

By Ella Funke, Staff Writer
Published Feb 17, 2025

About 2 percent of families with school-age children in Texas would receive $10,000 from the state to set up an education savings account under a plan approved by the Senate.  After being fast-tracked...

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