It's the last summer construction workers in Dallas & Austin will be protected by local rest break rules. Gov. Abbott just eliminated them. "When you’re trying to encourage businesses to come to your state, this is not a good look.” From Public Health Watch: keranews.org/news/2023-06-1…

This summer at Investigative Reporting Workshop, Kim Krisberg and I traveled to East TX to examine the high rates of Type-2 Diabetes as part of the Public Health Watch “The Holdouts,” a project focused on states without Medicaid expansion. Read more here. texastribune.org/2023/11/01/eas…

In today's Times-Picayune, "Taylor-gating:"