New study finds maternal mortality in Texas rose faster than …
Sep 24, 2024 · According to a new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, the number of women who have died while pregnant or from labor complications has risen dramatically in Texas, apparently exacerbated by the state’s abortion restrictions passed in 2021.. The study’s findings were published by NBC News, where Zinhle Essamuah was one of the reporters on the story.
Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Potential lithium boom simmers in East Texas
Feb 29, 2024 · The lithium-ion battery is one of the inventions that makes the modern world possible. It’s in your cell phone, your laptop, maybe even your car. The device’s essential element – lithium – is therefore in very high demand.. Right now most of the world’s lithium production occurs in Australia and Chile.
Has a big village of tiny homes eased homelessness in Austin?
Jan 10, 2024 · In the next few years, Community First is poised to grow to nearly 2,000 homes across three locations, which would make it by far the nation’s largest project of this kind, big enough to permanently house about half of Austin’s chronically homeless population.
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
Get ready, Texas. Severe winter weather is expected this weekend …
Jan 12, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Most of Texas will be hit with sub-freezing temperatures in the next few days as an arctic blast prepares to blanket much of the state. That means the balmy conditions most Texans have enjoyed this week will be replaced by lows forecasted to drop into the teens — or lower — according to national forecasters.
Fact-check: Is Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern …
Oct 12, 2022 · From PolitiFact:. Republicans have praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent decision to use taxpayer money to fly two planes of Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.. Meanwhile, in Congress, some GOP lawmakers have raised flags about Venezuelan immigrants at the southern border, citing an alleged Department of Homeland Security report saying ...
The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In ... - Texas …
May 30, 2019 · The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In Something Other Than Friendship “Texas” allegedly comes from the Caddo Native American word for “friends,” but one Spanish researcher is challenging that long-standing story.
Pregnant in Texas? Here’s what you need to know to ... - Texas …
Mar 10, 2023 · Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country, according to the latest census data. For some Texans, pregnancy is the first time they can access health services. But navigating public health options for care can be overwhelming. Here's what you need to know.
Hunting Aoudads Is Lucrative, But It’s Also Getting In The Way Of ...
Aug 28, 2019 · Valerie/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Aoudads, also known as Barbary sheep, have become lucrative game in West Texas, but they're also making conservation of native desert bighorn sheep difficult.