Wade Goodwyn
Stories
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National
Oil price fluctuation can hurt or help in Texas, depending on who you are
Oil prices have fallen from their peak earlier this year, but they are still high enough to inflict pain on car owners and to bring big profits to oil producers.
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National
Texas Supreme Court votes to allow trans child abuse investigations
The Texas Supreme Court says parents and doctors who provide gender-affirming care for trans kids can be investigated for child abuse. A lower court judge had halted the inquiries earlier.
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National
Texas doctors are worried for their patients losing access to gender-affirming care
Doctors and hospitals in Texas have discontinued gender-affirming care for trans youth. The move has those who do this care worried about their patients.
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National
Families in Texas with transgender children say they're under attack
The parents of a transgender child are fighting the Texas governor and attorney general, after child protective services began investigating the family for getting their child gender-affirming care.
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Politics
Why so many states are seeing bills aimed at trans families right now
In addition to Texas, a number of state legislatures are considering bills that would affect trans youth healthcare. Proponents of LGBTQ rights say the issue is being used to score political points.
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National
Texas governor calls to label gender-affirming care for trans kids as 'child abuse'
The governor of Texas wants gender-affirming treatment for transgender kids classified as child abuse. The state's attorney general agrees. But some local prosecutors say they won't bring charges.
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National
The consequences of Texas' restrictive abortion law
For patients seeking abortions in Texas, services have been drastically reduced. In surrounding states, wait times are increasing because of an influx of new patients.
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National
Due to COVID and weather, more than 1,000 U.S. flights have been cancelled today
A mixture of staffing shortages because of the coronavirus and some bad weather has been causing delays for many airlines.
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Health
Football fans are packing into stadiums without masks, but it hasn't been an issue
How risky is attending a professional or college football game during this phase of the pandemic? Millions are doing so, mostly unmasked.
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National
Billions of dollars are at stake in the Boy Scouts of America abuse settlement
More than 8,0000 men have sued the Boy Scouts on the grounds that they were sexually abused by scoutmasters. Settlement negotiations are ongoing.