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Harris County’s Black and Hispanic families see highest rates of food insecurity, study shows
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (758+ words) With limited grocery store access in neighborhoods like Gulfton, community food distribution events offer relief. Inside the Burnett Bayland Community Center, dozens of families lined up, each waiting their turn to fill up their basket with vegetables, meat, organic food…...
The man behind the rigged Lotto Texas win (March 17, 2026)
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (325+ words) The man behind the rigged Lotto Texas win (March 17, 2026)Houston Public Media Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM. You can also listen online or watch live on YouTube. Join the discussion. Call or text 713-440-8870. Email [email protected] or tag us @HoustonMatters....
Houston’s food-insecure households face worse health outcomes, Rice study finds
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) A recent survey conducted by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that residents without consistent access to nutritious food are more likely to be uninsured and report chronic health conditions. Houston's food-insecure households are more likely to report poor…...
He built Michigan's Medicaid work requirement system. Now he's warning other states
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1683+ words) Michigan's health director spent a year and $30 million building a work requirements system for Medicaid. The problems he encountered have him worried now that 40 states must do the same by 2027. It was March 2020, and Robert Gordon was about to kick…...
GOP-led states are passing new restrictions for voters to get issues on the ballot
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1646+ words) Two dozen states allow citizens to propose ballot measures. But Republican lawmakers in many of those states are now adding hurdles to those efforts, saying they want to combat fraud. Mark Johnson, a Republican state senator in Arkansas, was attending…...
How is a Constitutional Amendment Ratified?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (146+ words) How the Constitution Adapts Through Amendments The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they relate to…...
Severe storms and floods batter South and Midwest, as death toll rises to at least 18
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (466+ words) Severe storms continued to pound parts of the South and Midwest on Sunday, as a punishing and slow-moving storm system unleashed life-threatening flash floods and powerful tornadoes from Mississippi to Kentucky. On Sunday, areas that had been battered by high…...
States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1697+ words) 13 states got the greenlight to add work requirements during the first Trump Administration, but courts halted those plans. Now that Trump is back in the White House, some states are trying again. More than 70 million Americans who are low-income or…...
At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (956+ words) Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was coming for parts of the South and Midwest. Areas are already waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes. DYERSBURG, Tennessee " Another round of torrential rain and…...
States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1108+ words) Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear. For many years, Eric Wunderlin's…...