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Abortion bans in some states create reproductive health-care deserts that can force pregnant patients to travel long distances.

Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required in a county tax deal.

It's time to question unfounded legal warnings and negative scenarios that don't make sense so that we can put this tool to use for buyers.

On Monday's show: Author and professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson discusses ways to address racial and ethnic disparities in Harris County’s criminal justice system. He’s the keynote speaker at a conference in Houston on the subject May 18-20.

Up to 40 percent of the people who end up behind bars in Travis County need mental health care. Diversion offers better options.

On World Press Freedom Day, readers can make a difference to struggling independents via supporter models that beat the censors

Forty years and more than 2,000 issues after it began, the INDY is still producing powerful news and culture journalism grounded in progressive politics.

A Texas Observer investigation found 90 percent of districts fail to comply with a law that requires mental-health intervention for students of concern.

On Wednesday, Texas agriculture commissioner Sid Miller doubled down on a new dress code policy that states employees are to dress in a "manner consistent with their biological gender."

The Texas Department of Agriculture is ordering its employees to comply with a new dress code, mandating they abide by it in a