A $100,000 donation from Las Vegas Sands is helping a Texas nonprofit train therapists and launch a hotline in a state with no dedicated treatment funding.

State grants will fund mobile stroke ambulances at hospitals in Austin, Houston and El Paso to shorten time to treatment and improve outcomes. Hospitals must still finalize staffing and EMS integration.

Texas Oncology reopened its renovated Grandview Cancer Center in El Paso after a $35M upgrade, adding treatment space, an on-site pharmacy and new radiation equipment to speed care. Local leaders say the work will expand access while larger regional projects are built.