Shannon Najmabadi | Texas Tribune
Shannon Najmabadi is the higher education reporter at the Tribune, where she started as a fellow in 2017. She previously reported for the Chronicle of Higher Education, where she covered the gender equity law Title IX, fallout from an executive order on immigration, and a federal loan forgiveness program with an uncertain future. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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Planned Parenthood sued to block the "sanctuary city for the unborn" ordinance, passed by voters in May, but a federal judge said he didn't have jurisdiction to hear the case. The ordinance went into effect Tuesday.
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The signing of the bill, which bans an abortion as early as six weeks, opens a new frontier in the battle over abortion restrictions as first-of-its-kind legal provisions intended to make the law harder to challenge are poised to be tested in the courts.
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The changes to the budget proposal come after lawmakers and advocates protested the previous plan would hurt vulnerable Texans.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services said it will now rely on a calculation that takes into account the date on which a coronavirus test was administered, rather than when it was reported.
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Across Texas, families with loved ones in state-supported living centers are desperate for in-person visits after months have ticked by with coronavirus restrictions in place.
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Clay Jenkins and Lina Hidalgo, both Democrats, said local officials and health experts stepped into a leadership vacuum left by state and federal leaders.
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Texas Has Spent More Than $200 Million On Personal Protective Equipment Orders To Combat CoronavirusThe state of Texas has spent more than $200 million on 106 bulk orders of personal protective equipment from March 1 through early June, according to…
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The acting head of Texas’ massive health and human services bureaucracy, who is leading a 36,600 employee agency during a global pandemic, is also working…
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It’s been more than a month since Marissa Hudler hugged her kids. Fearful of accidentally bringing the new coronavirus home, she and her husband — both…
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Texas' Front-Line Workers In The Pandemic Are Predominantly Women And People Of Color, Analysis FindWhen the coronavirus pandemic began, school custodian Crystal Watts was working five days a week, mopping floors, wiping desks and disinfecting every…
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A coastal community with no health department, hospital or urgent care clinics received a welcome visitor Thursday: a mobile testing site that rolled into…