
The Health Penalty
At a North Texas prison, one nurse practitioner racked up more than 20 federal lawsuits over alleged medical mistreatment. The patients’ stories illuminate a healthcare system that often seems like another form of punishment.
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At a North Texas prison, one nurse practitioner racked up more than 20 federal lawsuits over alleged medical mistreatment. The patients’ stories illuminate a healthcare system that often seems like another form of punishment.
News ⋆
The media outlets, including the Texas Observer, argue that Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, are elected officials subject to public scrutiny.
Experts say that how the opioid funds are used in these early years could set the tone for the next nearly two decades that Texas receives settlement dollars.
Fighting for immigrant justice is a Jewish religious and cultural obligation.
Books ⋆
So late in the season, this was likely a bad one, if it came this way…
… try to efficiently administer the primary process and persuade people to fill empty precinct chair positions, among other duties.
GOP’s Trumped-up redrawing took a wrecking ball to congressional districts. Now comes the mad dash for seats.
Jodey Arrington was the House architect of Trump’s massive tax-and-spend bill that includes steep healthcare cuts.
As immigration enforcement spending ramps up, oversight mechanisms have been stifled—including for members of Congress.
The Venezuelan immigrant, who has no criminal record, previously worked for a multinational corporation that sells snacks, food, and soft drinks.
Efforts by Trump and Mexico don’t address root causes or measure up to an evolving, international fentanyl market, experts say.
A new memoir traces the evolution of a trailblazing civil rights group in Texas.
A Fort Worth modern art exhibition and a new experimental film are part of a renaissance of work about an influential Caribbean writer.
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