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Yet Another Rural Texas Hospital is in Jeopardy After Anti-Tax Activists Kill Funding Proposal

As rural hospitals struggle across the state, local voters killed a proposition to create a hospital taxing district meant to keep a facility in La Grange open for the foreseeable future.

by Christopher Collins

Keep Reading

Struggling Rural Hospitals Say They’re Being Preyed Upon by Blue Cross Blue Shield

by Christopher Collins

Ken Paxton Wants to Eliminate the ACA’s Pre-Existing Condition Protections. How Would That Affect Texans?

by Sophie Novack

Trump Sides with Ken Paxton to Argue Pre-Existing Conditions Protections are Unconstitutional

by Sophie Novack

Ebola virus Nov 13, 2014

Quarantining Compassion

Texas Ebola policy may hamper efforts to fight the disease.

by Rachel Pearson

Congressman Marc Veasey Feb 19, 2014

America’s Highest Uninsured Rate is in… DFW?

by Patrick Michels

Sebadoh's "Harmacy" Oct 11, 2013

Observer Podcast Episode 29: Insurance in Hidalgo County and Recanting Testimonies

by Jonathan McNamara

First Baptist Pflugerville Pastor Steve Washburn May 15, 2013

Conservative Pastor Comes Up Short in Fight for Reckoning Over Same-Sex Partner Benefits

by Liz Farmer

Pregnancy test May 08, 2013

Need An Abortion In Texas? Don’t Be Poor.

For women struggling to pay for abortions, the Lilith Fund bridges personal choice and financial reality. But the Texas Legislature is poised to make abortion access even harder.

by Carolyn Jones

Lawmakers Propose Cutting Funds to Schools with Same-Sex Partner Benefits

by Liz Farmer

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