This Week: Texans’ Health Under Attack by Republican Lawmakers
From air quality to vaccines, much of this week’s Observer coverage focuses on public health in Texas.
by Kolten Parker
and Ignacio Martinez
Features
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Environment
Endangered Science
Can Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar oversee objective scientific research into rare species? Or is he rigging the process to keep them off the endangered list, as his critics charge?
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Environment
Death From Above
An Observer investigation finds that the Texas Department of Agriculture often allows serial offenders to keep flying despite hundreds of complaints.
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Books
We Were the Safety Net
From Rachel Pearson's "No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine," this excerpt is featured in our April issue.
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Culture
Going It Alone
More than 40 percent of Texas families living in poverty are single-mother households.
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Human Rights
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Art
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Criminal Justice
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Border
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Criminal Justice
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