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HB 757 would allow people to remain on medicaid for up to 24 months after giving birth. (AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez)

Texas lawmakers want new moms to have up to 24 months of Medicaid coverage

The bill is a step aimed at closing dangerous gaps in maternal healthcare access and ensuring that new mothers aren’t left behind once their babies are born.

Nicole Perry joins other members of the transgender community who oppose Senate Bill 6 in a protest at the Texas Capitol as the Senate State Affairs Committee holds hearings on the bill, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The transgender "bathroom bill" would require people to use public bathrooms and restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Transgender individuals pressured by persistent Texas legislation

By Caleb Gottry, Staff Writer

Since the bathroom bill of 2017 which died in legislation, Texas has seen a rise in anti-transgender legislation.

A border patrol agent walks along a trail littered with bracelets used by human smuggling groups near the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Immigration declines at the southwest border

By Miroslava Lem Quinonez, Staff writer

In February 2025, illegal border crossings dropped by 94% compared to February 2024.

This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s affected brain, with abnormal levels of the beta-amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques, brown, that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function. Abnormal collections of the tau protein accumulate and form tangles, blue, within neurons, harming synaptic communication between nerve cells. An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 - and the next question is how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after repeated disappointments in the quest for better Alzheimer’s treatments. (National Institute on Aging, NIH via AP)

Texas looks to increase Alzheimer’s resources

By Georgie London, Staff Writer

Texas senate proposes bill to establish the Alzheimer's Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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Judge Victoria A. Rossetti, left, listens to defense attorney Gregory Ticsay during the sentencing hearing for Robert E. Crimo III., at the Lake County Courthouse, in Waukegan, Ill., Wednesday, April 23, 2025, after pleading guilty in March to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)

What we’re reading: Highland Park parade shooter, the NFL Draft and more

By Faith Lester, Staff Writer

Highland Park parade shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, tonights marks the start of the NFL Draft, Russian missiles attack Kyiv and more of what we're reading.

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TCU wide receiver Jack Bech runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Jack Bech: A walk of faith through an impossible road to the NFL

By Emil Asaf, Staff Writer

Through heartbreak and hope, Jack Bech fought his way from TCU to the NFL with his brother’s spirit guiding him.