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Study: TX teens most affected by state abortion ban
| December 16, 2025
ABORTION | Affordability | CULTURE | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | HEALTH | health care | HEALTHCARE | LIFESTYLE | Local news | locals | News | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | teenage girls | teens | texans | TEXAS | texas abortion law | TEXAS POLITICS | TRAVEL | women's health
Texans younger than 18 years old are impacted the most by the state’s abortion ban, according to a research paper published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Organizations work to tackle maternal health crisis across Texas
| December 8, 2025
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH | dallas county | DFW | Federal Cuts | high-risk pregnancies | maternal health | Medicaid | North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator | pregnancy | Tarrant County
Health care systems and organizations are working together across north Texas to improve maternal health outcomes.
TX walk to bring attention to substance-use disorders
| November 13, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | FAMILY | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | mental health | shatterproof | shatterproof walks | substance abuse
Drug poisoning deaths have increased by 75% in Texas over the last five years. In hopes of ending the stigma surrounding substance-use disorders, hundreds of people are expected to gather in Dallas Saturday for a walk sponsored by the nonprofit Shatterproof. The Shatterproof Walk to End Addiction Stigma will bring together advocates, families and those in recovery who want to see addictions addressed with more compassion.
More than 1 million Texans will feel effects if ACA tax credits expire
| November 3, 2025
ACA | ACA marketplace | ACA premiums | Affordability | Affordable Care Act Marketplace | Congress | Federal Cuts | Federal Harm | HEALTH | health insurance | HEALTHCARE | insurance | public health | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY
Open enrollment is underway for Texans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.
Report: 161 Texans killed by domestic violence in 2024
| October 20, 2025
Community | CULTURE | domestic violence | domestic violence awareness | gun violence | laws | LIFESTYLE | local | Local news | local politics | National Domestic Violence Awareness Month | public education | SAFETY | STATE | teens | texans | TEXAS | TEXAS LEADERS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE
There were 161 domestic violence deaths in Texas last year, according to the Honoring Texas Victims report by the Texas Council on Family Violence.
A sweet deal for home-based food businesses in TX
| October 7, 2025
Community | cottage food vendors | CULTURE | FARMING | food | food & drink | food and drink | home-based businesses | home-based food businesses | LIFESTYLE | local business | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
It is now easier in Texas for home cooks, bakers and farmers to sell their products to the public.