If Ken Paxton is anything, it’s busy. These past two weeks, our attorney general has sued the State Fair of Texas, raided the home of an 87-year-old, and attacked the rights of transgender Texans (again). Now, he’s suing the Department of Health and Human Services because he doesn’t like a rule that protects Texans’ privacy […]
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Austin City Council Approves Abortion Care Travel (Despite Lawsuit)
Austin’s city council just put its money where its mouth is, voting to move forward with funding travel costs for out-of-state abortion care — despite a lawsuit claiming the move violates state law. In mid-August, the city first approved $400,000 to help Austinites with travel costs to states where abortion is still legal. The funds […]
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How Weed Dealers — and Consumers — Are Responding to the Freeflow of Marijuana in Texas
Most people I know take Mary Jane out for a date, at least occasionally. And they typically get it illegally. Sure, weed’s public perception has been on a rapid upswing in the last 15-20 years. Gone are the days where mom’s telling you a little reefer’s gonna make you sluggish, lazy, stupid, and unconcerned. But, […]
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Texas Bans Transgender People from Changing Sex on Birth Certificates
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed on Tuesday that transgender Texans will no longer be able to change the sex on their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity, a ban that comes just weeks after the state halted Texans from changing the sex listed on driver’s licenses or state-issued IDs — even by court […]
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Texans Are Expected to Die Younger Than Other Americans
Texas already ranks last in the nation for mental health care, child health care, and women’s health. And that’s not all — our state also has the most people who are uninsured, and now (are we surprised?) it’s among the worst states for life expectancy. The CDC says (at birth, in 2021), Texans can expect […]