Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Wednesday seeking to block a rule that requires nursing homes to have a minimum level of nurse and aide staffing to care for patients.

Texas nursing homes were devastated by the coronavirus, which had an especially high death rate among the older population and killed 10% of the state’s nursing home residents in its first year.

Finding a home where elders can live out their lives safely and with dignity is hardest for families that live in the empty stretches of rural Texas. Nearly two-thirds of the nursing homes that ...

A report from Texas Health and Human Services shows that from 2018-22, at least 60 nursing facilities in the state — 2% — have lost the battle to inflation, low Medicaid reimbursement rates ...

Authored by family practice doctor Rep. J.D. Sheffield, (R-Gatesville), HB2766 will draw additional federal dollars to improve Texas nursing homes without increasing state spending. It has the ...