Filling the $30 Million Gap in the Texas Women’s Health Program
Texas Governor Rick Perry has vowed that the Texas Women’s Health Program will continue – but questions persist as to where the state will find the money to do so without Washington.Gov. Perry has...
View ArticleThe Storm Over Women's Health Care Had Been Brewing
In the battle between state leaders and the Obama administration over Texas’ decision to oust health care providers affiliated with abortion clinics from a five-year-old contraception and...
View ArticleTexas Asks for Time Transitioning to New Women's Health Program
Today, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission delivered a proposal to the Obama administration outlining plans for transitioning the state's Women’s Health Program from a mostly federally...
View ArticleTexas Planned Parenthood Branches Will Vote on Merger
The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — will vote today on a proposed merger designed to form a $29 million-per-year...
View ArticleJudge: HHSC Must Keep Planned Parenthood in WHP For Now
A district judge in Austin has ordered Texas to temporarily stop its enforcement of a rule that would have removed 49 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid Women’s Health Program...
View ArticleCourt Rules Planned Parenthood Must Stay in Texas Women's Health Program
A federal judge says the state of Texas cannot exclude Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid Women’s Health Program.The program provides contraceptives and basic health screenings for more than 100,000...
View ArticleAM Update: Lady Bird Lake Study, F1 Tickets Going On Sale, Texans Divided On...
Initial Findings Announced for Lady Bird LakeTonight, a team of riverfront planners, landscape architects and green builders will share their vision for the future of Lady Bird Lake’s south shore.The...
View ArticleState-Run Women's Health Program Faces Questions
As state officials prepare to take full control of the once federally funded Texas Women’s Health Program on Nov. 1, they’re running into a series of unexpected challenges, from controversy around...
View ArticleAfter Komen Drama, Planned Parenthood Expands Screening
Planned Parenthood will expand breast health services to more than 40,000 women across five Texas cities, the result of increased donations following Dallas-based
View ArticleAM Update: Texas Can Deny Funding to Planned Parenthood, Group Joins School...
Planned ParenthoodA federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Texas can stop funding Planned Parenthood under the state’s Women’s Health Program– at least until a full trial in October.Planned...
View ArticleAM Update: Hearing on Women's Health Program, Lawmakers to Discuss Texas...
It's back to work today for many after a long Labor Day weekend. Expect another day in the triple digits.Public Invited to Comment on Texas Women’s Health ProgramToday the public will get a chance to...
View ArticleThe Lead: Planned Parenthood Funding Cut, AISD Debt, Texas State Threat...
Good morning. Looks like Austin's entering a cool down! There may be some light showers today, but it looks like clear skies all weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Here are some...
View ArticleTexas to 'Immediately' Cut Off Women's Health Program Funds to Planned...
Update: 1:25 p.m.:Planned Parenthood isn't giving up the legal fight over whether the state can ban its clinics from the Women's Health Program.In a lawsuit filed today in state court, Planned...
View ArticleThe Lead: Texas Women's Health, Transpo Brawl in Travis Co. Dist. 3, More...
Good morning and welcome to the month of November! Here's hoping you don’t look scarier this morning that you did last night. It’s going to be another warm day with temperatures in the mid-80s. Here’s...
View ArticleJudge to Rule on Planned Parenthood's Inclusion in Women's Health Program...
Update: A decision on whether to allow women in Texas to receive government subsidized health screenings through Planned Parenthood will not be issued until hours before the organization could be cut...
View ArticleFilling the $30 Million Gap in the Texas Women’s Health Program
Texas Governor Rick Perry has vowed that the Texas Women’s Health Program will continue – but questions persist as to where the state will find the money to do so without Washington.Gov. Perry has...
View ArticleThe Storm Over Women's Health Care Had Been Brewing
In the battle between state leaders and the Obama administration over Texas’ decision to oust health care providers affiliated with abortion clinics from a five-year-old contraception and...
View ArticleTexas Asks for Time Transitioning to New Women's Health Program
Today, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission delivered a proposal to the Obama administration outlining plans for transitioning the state's Women’s Health Program from a mostly federally...
View ArticleTexas Planned Parenthood Branches Will Vote on Merger
The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — will vote today on a proposed merger designed to form a $29 million-per-year...
View ArticleJudge: HHSC Must Keep Planned Parenthood in WHP For Now
A district judge in Austin has ordered Texas to temporarily stop its enforcement of a rule that would have removed 49 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid Women’s Health Program...
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