Stephen Simpson | The Texas Tribune

The outage appeared only to affect the public safety department. Websites for other state agencies were operational Monday evening.

The construction begins after lawmakers have allocated $2.5 billion to modernize and increase access to inpatient psychiatric care in Texas.

More than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white.

A special legislative committee is investigating what caused the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history.

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with school loans. But efforts failed to gain steam for legalizing fentanyl test strips, increasing the pool of mental health professionals who accept Medicaid and expanding Medicaid benefits to more Texans.

A report from the Migration Policy Institute and the American Academy of Pediatrics details the barriers undocumented children face in the United States.

At issue is whether Thomas, who gouged out his eyes after confessing to a 2004 triple murder in Sherman, is competent to be executed.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an already short supply of therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers.