Texans with credit scores below 700 have felt the impacts of inflation more dramatically than their neighbors with better credit.

• This is especially true when it comes to health care costs, analysts from the Center for the New Middle Class (CNMC), a Fort Worth-based financial firm that researches behaviors of the middle class, tell Axios.

Why it matters: About 45% of Texans had a credit score under 680 in 2018, the latest year available, per the Dallas Fed — though that percentage is likely higher now after several years of global economic instability.

• Analysts have dubbed these people "non-prime" consumers.

What they did: CNMC researchers asked non-prime consumers to report how much strain — a lot, a little or no strain — various household costs are causing to their month-to-month finances.

What they found: The number of non-prime consumers who said they felt less financially secure overall compared to the prior year grew throughout 2019 and peaked in the shutdown in 2020 — but then it dropped in 2021.

• The latest data suggest that insecurity is climbing again.
• Researchers saw a 10 percentage-point increase in the number of non-prime households experiencing "a lot" of strain due to health care costs, which includes both the price of insurance and out-of-pocket expenses.
• Groceries, utilities, entertainment and gas also ranked high on that list.

Yes, but: People with better credit scores were more likely to report that housing costs caused "a lot" of strain.

Go deeper: Read Rachel Monroe's New Yorker story about the cost of inflation in small-town Texas.

A 35-year-old woman from the Dallas area had two miscarriages within a year and had a vastly different experience after the state's abortion ban went into effect last fall.

• She shared her story with the New York Times, which detailed the ordeal on "The Daily" podcast.

Why it matters: Restrictive abortion laws may be scaring doctors away from performing procedures for anyone experiencing a miscarriage.

• There's little difference between those procedures and the methods used to perform abortions, blurring the lines for doctors who may fear legal reprisal.

What happened: The North Texas woman and her husband were overjoyed when she became pregnant, but they learned there was no longer a heartbeat during a routine ultrasound at the 10-week mark.

• She underwent dilation and curettage, or D&C, to remove the pregnancy tissue from her uterus per her doctor's recommendation.

But, but, but: When Amanda had another miscarriage about eight months later, she was denied a D&C at the same hospital.

• She was told to go home and only return if she bled enough in an hour to fill a diaper.
• The hospital declined to say whether the law played a role in denying the treatment.

Flashback: Texas' law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, went into effect in September.

• Now that Roe has been overturned, a trigger law will go into effect that makes performing an abortion a felony.

What's next: Amanda no longer wants to conceive in Texas.

• "We don't feel like it's safe in Texas to continue to try after what we went through," she told the Times.

More details.

"The Daily Show" recently took a jab at Dallas ISD's new policy requiring secondary students to carry clear or mesh backpacks when they return to school next month.

Catch up fast: The school district announced the policy Monday, saying it's intended to make campuses safer.

• Students can carry small opaque pouches for toiletries and other personal items.

Threat level: "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah questioned the effectiveness of clear backpacks for keeping guns out of school.

• "I'm constantly amazed by how America is willing to get rid of everything, except guns," Noah said.
• The comedian joked that one solution could be to stop sending kids to school, "that way the guns can go there in peace."

Yes, but: The backpacks are just one component of the school district's safety policies.

• DISD's secondary schools require students and staff to go through metal detectors.
• The district also has a police agency led by a former Dallas police assistant chief.

❌ Uvalde school officials will consider firing the district's police chief during a special meeting Saturday. The chief has been lambasted for his slow response during the mass shooting at an elementary school. (Texas Tribune)

🗳 The Texas Civil Rights Project says the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is still necessary despite calls from the Texas GOP to repeal it. (KERA)

⛽️ AAA says gas prices might drop below $3 per gallon. So, you're telling us there's a chance. (Star-Telegram)

🏥 Coronavirus hospitalizations in North Texas have increased to the highest levels since February. (NBC5)

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I thought it might be too hot for a crowd to line up at Klyde Warren Park for a hot dog from the new Portillo's truck parked there Tuesday evening.

• I was wrong.

What happened: Apparently, many, many others were curious about the Chicago-based restaurant that's moving to The Colony this fall.

What I did: I waited about five minutes in line before texting my Axios Chicago colleague to see if it was worth it.

• I waited another 20 minutes before I decided it wasn't. He texted back shortly after that to say it's good, but not that good.

Instead, I found some air conditioning, a cocktail and a salad.

• Less than an hour later, the line hadn't moved much.

What's next: The truck will be in The Colony starting at 4pm today, at 5752 Grandscape Blvd.

• Maybe I'll try again.