The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Nov. 19, 2012

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•   Texas Women’s Health Advocates to Bypass State in Bid for Federal Funds (The Texas Observer): "Texas lawmakers have spent the past two years attacking family planning services in the state, cutting funds for programs that provide women with birth control and wellness exams. Now family planning advocates are fighting back. A coalition of providers plans to bypass Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature and apply directly to the federal government for family planning funds. If the coalition wins the federal grant—called Title X (Title 10)—a slice of Texas’ family planning money would no longer go ...

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