Two judges ruled that the food program must receive some funding during the government shutdown. Texans have already missed benefits that would have gone out at the start of the month.
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Gov. Greg Abbott under pressure to use emergency funds for looming SNAP crisis
Democrats say Abbott has used his authority during COVID-19, the Uvalde shooting and border operations to free up emergency funds.
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Health care
Texas SNAP benefit pause: Here’s how to receive and give help
Food assistance will be canceled in November amid the current federal government shutdown, halting benefits for 11% of Texas’ population.
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Dallas pediatrician sued over providing hormone treatments to teens surrenders medical license
After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued last year, Dr. May Lau said she is moving to Oregon and doesn’t need a Texas license anymore.
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Higher Education
Trans Texas college students bearing more hostility as officials push binary gender definitions
Once considered a safe haven to explore identity, Texas campuses are invalidating and alienating trans people, students say.
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Health care
The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas
Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.
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Higher Education
Texas State University professor fired again after court revoked initial firing over “inciting violence”
A Texas State spokesperson said Monday evening that the professor’s employment had been “terminated, effective immediately” after a university review.