
Fredericksburg Racquet Center swings big with $5.5M groundbreaking this month
by Sam Cohen
| April 6, 2026
Affordability | Community | construction | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | exercise | family friendly | Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg Racquet Center | fun | GROWTH | HARDGATE | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | local | local business | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoor workouts | outdoors | public health | recreation | SPORTS | STATE | TEXAS
The Fredericksburg Racquet Center is set to break ground on a $5.5 million project at the end of April. Here’s everything you need to know.

DHS denies tuberculosis outbreak at Texas
| February 23, 2026
DHS | EXCO-Player | HEALTH | health care | ICE | IMMIGRATION | local politics | old texas | public health | TEXAS
COVID-19. Measles. Tuberculosis. This is what's happening in ICE's Texas detention centers.

Bexar County battles record-high flu cases, officials stress prevention
by Sam Cohen
| January 13, 2026
bexar county | Community | flu | flu shot | flu vaccine | HARDGATE | HEALTH | public health | San Antonio | SATX | TEXAS | vaccines
In Bexar County, flu cases are reaching a staggering high. Here’s what you need to know about the latest strain of the flu.

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.

Texas Sees Rise in Flea-Borne Typhus Cases
by Sam Cohen
| September 9, 2025
animals | austin | DFW | dogs | HARDGATE | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | heat | HTX | LIFESTYLE | Local news | outdoors | pets | public health | SATX | summer | TEXAS | typhus
Flea-borne typhus, otherwise known as murine or endemic typhus, is on the rise in Texas. Here’s what you need to know.



