In Central Texas, access to maternal health care can be limited, leaving many women without quality or easily accessible care during pregnancy, childbirth and the first years of childcare, according to St. David’s Foundation officials.

The foundation announced the awarding of four grants totaling $2.04 million to Hays County organizations providing perinatal care on April 13.

The details: In addition to the four organizations servicing Hays County, five additional organizations providing perinatal care in Central Texas received grant funding from the St. David’s Foundation.

The grant recipients, CommuniCare Health Centers, Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, HEAL Alliance and Hill Country Women’s Health Collective, will use the grant funding to strengthen and introduce a variety of maternal care programs and services.

Current situation: Limits on access to prenatal care exist across the state and in the region. In 2024, 25.6% of expecting mothers in Hays County did not receive prenatal care in the first trimester of their pregnancy, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A new FedEx Office Print & Ship center is opening this summer in Kyle. 

The details: The new store will be off of I-35, near the Quiktrip Gas Station and Suds Deluxe Car Wash in Kyle.

Shipping services will include: 

• Amazon & QR code returns
• Packaging supplies
• International and domestic shipping 

• Copy and print services
• Self-service copying, faxing, and scanning
• Computer access stations
• Passport photos

• 18840 I-35, Ste. 100, Kyle

Check out some top trending stories from the Austin area June 22-25. 

1. Last Austin-area Hooters location closes

2. Developer of The Domain partners with legacy family on 1,200-acres

3. Universal Music partner joins White Rocks project to build hotel and private residences

4. Hays County denies agreement with 340-acre development over Edwards Aquifer recharge zone

5. Liberty Hill ISD students outperform state average on majority of 2026 STAAR exams

6. Georgetown veterans to have VA health care closer to home

The State Board of Education is nearing the finish line in its massive rewrite of what Texas public school students will learn about world and state history.

The details: The curriculum overhaul would shift the focus in social studies classes to a Texas-centered approach, deemphasizing lessons about world cultures and injecting more content about Christianity’s role in the founding of the United States.

Some educators and students have expressed concerns that the proposal lacks significant teachings about civil rights history, Japanese internment in the 1940s and people of color’s contributions to the nation. Meanwhile, Republican board members have pushed back, saying that the rewrite is necessary to teach students about American exceptionalism and Texas heritage in an attempt to undo what they called “a watering-down of American history.”

What's happening: The board has spent the bulk of its meetings this week making amendments to a 143-page social studies proposal, which includes hundreds of standards that students would be expected to learn each year. If adopted June 26, the new requirements would take effect in 2030.