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Texas House eying a Thursday vote on Medicaid expansion; supporters say they have enough votes


Texas House eying a Thursday vote on Medicaid expansion; supporters say they have enough votes
Madlin Mekelburg, Austin American-Statesman
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Olga Kauffman, of San Antonio attends a rally to expand Medicaid at the Capitol in March, 2019. [Stephen Spillman for Statesman]
As the Texas House takes up the roughly $250 billion state budget on Thursday, Democrats will propose an amendment to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act  and they could have the votes for it to pass.
State leaders are facing heightened pressure to expand coverage through the joint state-federal program to more low-income Texans after the federal government this month rescinded approval for a waiver that delivers billions of dollars to a safety net program for uninsured Texans. ....

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'We can't do this': How 501 public housing units in San Antonio were suddenly spared destruction


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We can t do this : How 501 public housing units in San Antonio were suddenly spared destruction
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Kayla Miranda and fellow advocate Amelia Miranda watch the eviction of a resident Wednesday from Apache Courts, a neighboring complex of Alazán Courts, which SAHA plans to rebuild.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Community advocate Kayla Miranda, 37, talks with her daughter, Nadia, 16, at their Alazan-Apache Courts unit, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Miranda has been an outspoken person on the issue of the demolition of the courts and their redevelopment. With them is the family’s three-year-old dog, “Joy”.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less ....

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The fight over San Antonio's Alazan-Apache Courts shows different visions for the West Side


The fight over San Antonio s Alazan-Apache Courts shows different visions for the West Side
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By Gus Bova, The Texas Observer
on Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:34 AM
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Alazán Courts resident Jacquline Caldwell speaks at a protest in front of SAHA headquarters late last year.
On a Thursday in early November, nearly 70 San Antonians showed up via Zoom to address the board of the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), a quasi-governmental agency that oversees the city’s public housing and Section 8 vouchers. Due to the unusual volume of people, the board chair cut individuals’ speaking time from 3 minutes to a minute and a half. In 90-second bursts, often interrupted by tech ....

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