Sit-in caps push for Texas Medicaid expansion (audio)
Time is running out in this year's legislative session, but that hasn't stopped statewide activists from pushing for Medicaid and health care policy changes.
Texans rally to expand Medicaid
"Governor Perry - listen up, Medicaid matters, no more cuts!" echoed through the streets here at a recent demonstration.
Texas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
Texas explosion aftermath: Willie Nelson to hold benefit show
A fertilizer plant in West, Texas exploded on April 17, killing 15 and injuring hundreds more.
Texas fertilizer plant inspection long overdue
Last night an enormous explosion rocked this small town situated near Waco, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.
Arkansas, Texas towns poisoned with pools of oil
The rupture in the ExxonMobil-owned Pegasus pipeline, which sent a deluge of tarsands oil through the Arkansas town of Mayflower, is worse than previously thought.
Saving Texas schools
About 3,000 school workers and their allies rallied at the Capitol in Austin March 11. Buses came from all over the state.
Judge orders halt on Keystone XL
In eastern Texas, residents and activists have achieved a temporary reprieve after a Texas landowner filed a lawsuit against the company.
Texas pols get kickbacks from corporate welfare
In Texas, corporations get big gobs of tax money from state funds that are largely controlled by Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst.
