Texas has nation’s fourth-highest rate of sexually transmitted infections

Part of the problem likely comes down to the state's high number of people without health insurance, the study's authors said. The post Texas has nation’s fourth-highest rate of sexually transmitted infections appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Texas lawmakers: Cannabis is here to stay. And we will regulate the market in 2027. 

Lawmakers and industry leaders gathered in Austin to discuss the future of the market. 'We almost have to take it on,' a Republican state House member said. The post Texas lawmakers: Cannabis is here to stay. And we will regulate the market in 2027.  appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Texas governor, lieutenant governor ramp up attacks on state’s Muslim community

Texas Republicans intensified their attacks against Islam this week, playing on unfounded concerns that the state’s 300,000 Muslims are financing terrorist organizations and wish to implement Sharia Law here.​ On Friday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick formally named “preventing Sharia law in Texas” among the

Both CBP agents who shot Alex Pretti hailed from South Texas

The identities of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents who shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis were revealed in a ProPublica report — and both men are from Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Government records identify the pair who fired on Pretti as Border Patrol Agent Jesus Ochoa and