The Louise school district social/emotional counselor April Cubriel teaches students about different ways to be courageous as she visits a second grade classroom at Louise Elementary School on March ...

Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory staff members test mosquitoes for the West Nile virus, among other diseases, on May 1, 2025. Credit: Texas Tribune / Ilana Panich-Linsman Sign up ...

Texas schools are facing $600 million in federal funding cuts, jeopardizing mental health programs implemented after the Uvalde shooting and the pandemic. Despite increased need, Texas lawmakers ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Federal funding cuts could impact multiple programs within Austin Public Health (APH), the department said Thursday. According to the APH, the department has lost or risks losing 9.5% ...

Reproductive health assistants work in the laboratory at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas North Austin clinic on August 8, 2023. “The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, ...

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On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization’s largest clinic in the country, shuttered to merge with another affiliate. Anti-abortion groups celebrated ...