The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Dec. 5, 2012
New in The Texas Tribune:
• Perry Touts Tort Reform, Stem Cells Research at New York Conference: "In New York on Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry bragged about his home state's many strengths, praising two of his signature health care initiatives — tort reform and stem cell research — in an interview with Steve Forbes."
• Interactive: Comparing Medicaid Expansion Scenarios for All States: If Texas lawmakers expand Medicaid, the spending, savings, enrollment growth and reduction in the number of uninsured would be greater in Texas than in most other states. This interactive compares Medicaid expansion scenarios in each state.
Comments (7)
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ignorant man.
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Still a hellhole...crappy public education, state budget games, dumb pols, idiot voters...
Mack Green
Cornyn is lucky (and happy) to be leaving the Armed Forces Committee, now he won't be associated with fault finding over cuts upcoming in the sequester and budget negotiations for Pentagon funding.
As minority whip, I wonder what plums he will put on Cruz's plate. Cruz better suck up and tone down that Tea Party nonsense when he is in the presence of The Man.
Rudy Gonzales
There he goes again! 'Ol "Streaking Texas Turkey" going out of state when he should be working! All this tort reform Perry's talking about is limitations, rules and regulations and other legislative devices to make it easier for big business to get away with ripping off the little man. Texas is a micro-chasm of misfits and fringed elements of the TEA party, Evangelical extremist and Libertarian isolationist. Throw into this mix the un-informed, poorly educated and gullible which have little exposure to other than the FOX-hole news outlets. Texas has the poorest educated children in schools resulting from repeated and continuing short-changing of schools systems. People in the northeast are better educated than Texans. This is Texas where Perry flamed out, crashed and burned in "Oopsville." he's the one who looked like a "Deer in the headlights when he couldn't remember the third program he would shut down. Texans need to get themselves real leadership in Austin.
JC DemocratofTejas
Yeah well, we know how that illegal stem cell procedure rick's doc did on his back gives him a world of pain, so it might be a good idea to steer away from that discussion. Orthopedic shoes just don't look as cool as Tony Lamas, but I get a kick out of that one.
One more thing...WHY DOES RICK PERRY HATE CHRISTMAS? Where are the lovely decorations that were strung across Congress Avenue for years and years. Where did the money go?
Chuck Bloom via Texas Tribune on Facebook
When will Texans export Perry??? He's killing this state!
Colin Strother via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He has turned into the boss from Dilbert. Total detachment from reality.