Caroline Covington
Digital Producer/Reporter, Texas StandardCaroline Covington is Texas Standard's digital producer/reporter. She joined the team full time after finishing her master's in journalism at the UT J-School. She specializes in mental health reporting, and has a growing interest in data visualization. Before Texas Standard, Caroline was a freelancer for public radio, digital news outlets and podcasts, and produced a podcast pilot for Audible. Prior to journalism, she wrote and edited for marketing teams in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. She has a bachelor's in biology from UC Santa Barbara and a master's in French Studies from NYU.
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With more kids vaccinated and testing in place, one of the bigger hurdles now is keeping enough staff on hand.
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A Military Times reporter tells the Standard that the bills had solid support from both parties.
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The Legislature passed House Bill 1694 this year. But one critic argues it likely won't benefit the majority of people facing emergencies from addiction.
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Around 30% of Texas nursing homes have vaccination rates of 75% or more; much less is known about assisted living facilities. It's unclear whether Texas will comply with an upcoming federal vaccination mandate.
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"They're the biggest law enforcement agencies in the country, and there's no reason why they don't have the resources or the ability to be able to process 15,000 people in a more efficient, orderly way without this chaotic response."
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The Houston-area Democrat hasn't officially announced his candidacy. If he runs, he would face Matthew Dowd in a Democratic primary race.
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"I'm going to spend the next 405 days telling the truth about Dan Patrick, and he's probably not going to like it," Dowd told the Standard.
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Natalicio served as University of Texas at El Paso's president for 31 years, and fought to build a university that reflected its local community.
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"In the three-hour drive between Laredo and San Antonio ... Mexican-American culture, Latino culture, changes in those miles."
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"There may simply be no enforcement mechanism. Well, that means that the so-called requirement or mandate is more metaphysical in nature than it is actually a kind of legal impediment," says a Texas law expert.