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Karen Brooks Harper

Karen Brooks Harper

Health & Human Services Reporter at The Texas Tribune

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Recent Articles

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State rejects health plans’ protests over Medicaid contracts

Affected Texans who receive Medicaid coverage would be shifted to new insurers next year if the state health and human services agency sticks to its plan. It’s now up to the executive commissioner to make a final decision.
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Lubbock to vote on decriminalizing marijuana

There is no process in Texas for a voter-driven statewide referendum. So, supporters are going city by city to build statewide momentum.
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State’s premature release of bid proposal info touches off new batt...

The early release of documents meant a single competitor got an early look at the other bidders’ playbooks before final winners were announced.
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Seattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient rec...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles.
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Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health cove...

The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals.
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Texas counties, cities embrace new child care center tax credit eve...

Child care centers are struggling to make ends meet, and a new voter-approved tax credit is a first step toward boosting the flagging system, advocates say.
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Crystal Mason’s 5-year illegal voting sentence is overturned

Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud. She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote.
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State Sen. Nathan Johnson to retain his Texas Senate seat - The Tex...

Johnson is virtually assured to have won the seat, because there is no Republican challenger in November.
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Texas House Democrat challenges incumbent for Senate seat - The Tex...

In a district composed mostly of communities of color, Neave Criado hopes to topple Johnson with her stances on immigration, domestic violence and women’s issues.
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Texas Legislature's state budget proposals leave more than $50 ... ...

The preliminary budgets by House and Senate call for $130.1 billion in state spending over two years, even though tens of billions more are available to them. The bills do not bust state or constitutional spending limits.
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State leaders not saying how much money they want for child mental ...

As public debate intensifies over how the state will divvy up billions in new money, community groups that treat children for mental illness fear they’re not a priority.