Immigrant infants too young to talk called into court to defend themselves
At least 70 infants have been ordered to appear in immigration court after being separated from their parents. Full Story
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![Pablo Ortiz and his 3-year-old Andres of Guatemala walk upstairs at the Annunciation House in El Paso on July 11, 2018. Ortiz and his son were separated by ICE in April and were reunited and released the night before.]()
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Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C. Full Story
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![Immigrants who turned themselves in to border patrol agents after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. wait to be transported for processing in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, on April 2, 2018.]()
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Texas turns to IUDs in the delivery room to curb unintended pregnancy
Texas is one of nearly two dozen states changing their Medicaid programs to pay hospitals for inserting an IUD or contraceptive implant in the delivery room. Full Story
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![Texas-based CommUnity Care provides care to safety net patients in Travis County. It is one of the centers figuring out how to adjust as the state tries to help more low-income women access effective contraception.]()
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State Gets Federal OK to Boost Medicaid Payments
UPDATED: A year after Texas was slated to increase Medicaid payments to primary care physicians under the Affordable Care Act, the state has received federal approval to implement the change. Full Story
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![Yesenia Alvarado holds her daughter, Medicaid patient Melanie Almaraz, 2, while waiting to see Dr. Alberto Vasquez for treatment of a fever at Su Clinica Familiar in Harlingen, Texas on Jul. 9, 2013.]()
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Reuse Program to Focus on Equipment Purchased With Medicaid Dollars
The Health and Human Services Commission will create a program to promote the resale of certain equipment that was purchased with Medicaid dollars. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series. Full Story
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More Hospitals to Collect Sexual Assault Evidence
All Texas hospitals with emergency rooms will soon be required to have staff trained in at least basic collection of forensic evidence from sexual assault victims. This story is part of our monthlong 31 Days, 31 Ways series. Full Story
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![Jenny Black RN, SANE-A, CA-SANE and Executive Director/Coordinator, Austin/Travis County Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners shows a sexual assault evidence collection kit at St. David's Medical Center.]()
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State to Feds: We Won't Enforce Insurance Reform
Though Texas will join 26 other states in defaulting to a federal marketplace for purchasing health insurance, it is one of only six that will not enforce new health insurance reforms prescribed by the law. Full Story
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Branch Files Brief Defending State Marriage Law
State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Texas attorney general, filed an amicus brief Tuesday to defend a state law that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Full Story
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Davis Says She'll Run for Re-election or Governor
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, said Monday she'll either run for re-election or for Texas governor, and that she's working hard to make her decision. Full Story
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![State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, at a "Stand With Texas Women" rally at the state Capitol.]()
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Report: Texas Counties Stand to Gain Most From Federal Health Reform
The left-leaning Center for American Progress lists 22 Texas counties among the 30 in the nation that are most likely to benefit from the Affordable Care Act. But the federal health law's critics question how effective the reform will be. Full Story
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