By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News April 1, 2026 Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years. And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and its 21,000 patients. That’s because Nebraska is set to become the…

  Accounting for in-soil nitrogen can offset some high crop production expenses Farmers should consider deep soil testing for residual nitrogen and other nutrients, especially when rising fertilizer prices impact profit potential, according to a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomy team members take deep soil samples in stubble…

By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune March 31, 2026 Texas is launching its own research program into a psychedelic called ibogaine after state officials couldn’t find a company to help develop it into a drug for FDA approval. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced on Tuesday that Texas will use $50…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune March 31, 2026 To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, even as more than 80,000 inmates in its facilities endure the…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 31, 2026 A federal judge in Tyler dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, dealing a blow to the Trump administration and other conservatives who have worked to eliminate the decades-old law barring nonprofits from supporting…

By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 New state rules that eliminate natural smokeable hemp products and increase licensing fees went into effect Tuesday. Hemp industry leaders say these new regulations will eliminate a majority of their inventory and force those who don’t have extra income to meet these new fees to close…

By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2026 Texans have until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to apply for school vouchers after a federal judge denied a request from Islamic schools and Muslim families to extend the deadline for a second time. Four Muslim parents and three Islamic private school providers that operate four campuses had…

SHERMAN, Texas –A Denton man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison under the Homeland Security Task Force for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Brandon Lynn Hunter, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and was…

SHERMAN, Texas –A Dallas man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison under the Homeland Security Task Force for trafficking firearms intended for Mexico through the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Michael Axel Flores Ramirez, 23, pleaded guilty to attempting to traffic in firearms and was sentenced…

SHERMAN, Texas –A Mexican national illegally living in the United States has been sentenced to five years in federal prison under the Homeland Security Task Force for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Sergio Uriel Munoz-Rodriguez, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to…