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Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsAbout 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month. -
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesTwo federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.
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The iconic pink granite might be hiding a dangerous secret. -
The Austin FIRST program will send a mental health clinician and an EMS paramedic along with police to respond to emergent mental health situations. -
Texans can safely surrender infants to designated locations like fire stations and hospitals. But not everyone knows the law exists. -
The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians uses proceeds from the festival to help local musicians pay their health insurance premiums. -
The law could allow private citizens to sue nonprofits that help Texans access medication abortion in other states. -
Central Health officials said the effective 8% tax rate increase was driven by funding cuts coming from the federal level. -
House Bill 7 would allow private citizens to sue out-of-state prescribers and distributors of abortion pills sent into Texas. -
The FDA approved updated shots for older adults and people with underlying conditions. But other folks may still be able to get a shot with a doctor's prescription. -
The Health and Human Services secretary praised recent health legislation out of Texas during a visit with Gov. Greg Abbott. -
Some food industry experts hope the state's law will play a role in influencing more federal regulation of food additives.
