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A Houston man who distributes criminal defendants' contact information to private defense attorneys on Thursday sued the Harris County District Clerk and the administrative arm of the county's criminal courts over a new rule that makes certain defendant information private, arguing it threatens his direct mail business and violates his constitutional rights.

A Pinehurst man on parole for the beating death of an elderly person was sentenced last...

Skip to main content Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blasts Hidalgo, Turner as liars in fiery press conference on GOP voting bill FacebookTwitterEmail Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the State Senate on the second day of the 87th Texas Legislature on Jan. 13, 2021, at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Lynda M. Gonzalez, MBR / TNS Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick accused Democrats of “race-baiting” as they fight election bills in the Texas Legislature and s...

This story was first published by The Texas Tribune. Houston home health caregiver Rachel Fuentes is struggling between her need to stay employed and her fear of the COVID-19 vaccine. Fuentes, 43, worries that her employer will make vaccinations mandatory, or that she won’t find clients who will let her care for them if she’s unvaccinated. One of her co-workers, a 33-year-old, is already facing that reality: The assisted living facility where...

          “I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. Health care is all I’ve known,” said the 33-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous because she fears backlash from people who know her and because she hasn’t told the older man she cares for that she will probably have to stop caring for him.             Like other home health agencies across the state, the women’s employers at Encore Caregivers in Houston are trying to navigate a growing dilemma: Their clie...

<figcaption> Houston health care worker Rachel Fuentes says she will wait to get the vaccine “as long as I can push it off.” <cite>Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune</cite> </figcaption>

Older and disabled Texans are demanding home caregivers be vaccinated for COVID-19. But many workers don’t want it.