AUSTIN, Texas — California has long been considered a kind of political fortuneteller, offering a preview of the policies that later emerge elsewhere in the country, and in Washington. But in the age of Trump 2.0 and the Make America Healthy Again movement, Texas is the place to look.
With its diverse population, a political establishment eager to please the Trump administration, and a cabal of prominent MAHA converts, the state has become a testing ground for a spate of health-related legislative efforts in recent months. Those moves center on everything from looser school vaccine requirements to bans on fluoridated drinking water, mandatory nutrition courses for doctors, new food labels — and beyond.
