Articles by Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune, Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune and Jay Root, Houston Chronicle

Texas Veterans Homes Often the Deadliest Places During COVID-19 Pandemic

Mary Kay Dieterich was encouraged last year when Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush promised to shake up the management of the El Paso nursing home where her father died of COVID-19. She knew it wouldn’t bring Eugene Forti, a …

Texas Passes Restrictive Abortion Bill That Expands Exposure to Lawsuits

Legislation that would ban abortions after as early as six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant — and let virtually any private citizen sue abortion providers and others was given final approval by lawmakers on May 13 …

Texas Fetal “Heartbeat” Bill Expands Lawsuit Liabilities Well Beyond Patient, Provider

Texas lawmakers are poised to enact sweeping restrictions on access to abortions, prohibiting the procedure before many women know they are pregnant, and opening the door for a potential flood of lawsuits against abortion providers. The House on May 6 …

UT-Austin Acknowledges 17 Cases of Employee Sexual Misconduct

Seventeen employees at the University of Texas at Austin, including three faculty members and one research fellow, were found to have violated the flagship’s sexual misconduct policies between November 2017 and December 2019, according to a university document released on …

New Sensors Tracking Earthquakes Across Texas

Note: This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Three years ago, a series of quakes rattled North Texas — and some residents’ nerves. Larry Walden, a Parker County commissioner, remembers a public meeting at the time in which residents …