The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said his health priorities for this year’s legislative session include expanding telemedicine across the state, increasing services for those dealing with mental health issues, and making sure Texas has an adequate supply of personal protection equipment.

The state's health commission gave Planned Parenthood's Medicaid patients until Feb. 3 to find new doctors. Experts say there are limited places low-income patients can go, in part because Texas already has a shortage of doctors who accept Medicaid due to the state’s low payment rates.

Twenty-eight coronavirus vaccination hubs will receive most of the state's next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with 158,825 doses shipping to providers able to manage large-scale efforts as more doses arrive in the state.

Some states delayed winter sports, but Texas has allowed the games to go on with precautions. Medical experts say the transmission risks are simply too high.

Republicans will control the process, but a legal and political fight is sure to commence over who is empowered and whose voice is diluted.

The mental health of students, and teachers, has moved to the forefront for Texas schools amid troubling signs that the pandemic is exacting a heavy emotional toll.

Nearly a quarter-million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine have been arriving at hospitals and health care facilities around Texas this week.

The gifts to Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M International University are the largest in history for each school.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to ban new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters. The Trump administration held its last Gulf of Mexico auction Wednesday.

The Texas Tribune will share results for all the statewide races beginning at 7 p.m. when polls close. First, most counties report totals from early voting and early mail ballots. It could take more time than usual to count the ballots cast Tuesday or mailed after the end of early voting.

Native American tribe members say mistrust of the government and a history of erasure of indigenous people contribute to a lack of voter participation.

The railroad plans to connect Texas' two biggest cities within 90 minutes. Construction could begin in the first half of next year.