The Texas Retired Teachers Association says it does not endorse any of the controversial budget amendments filed by freshman House Republicans that would put more money into the teachers’ health insurance fund.
April 2013
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The Evening Brief: April 3, 2013
Your evening reading: UT regent didn’t disclose lawsuits; Perry suggests link between border security and DA killings; Senate approves CPRIT reform bills
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UT Regent Hall Failed to Disclose Lawsuits
University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall didn’t disclose a long history of courtroom battles before his Senate confirmation two years ago, a lapse that prompted some lawmakers to say they feel misled.
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TEA Advisory Panels Didn’t Recommend A-F School Ratings
Two Texas Education Agency advisory panels opposed a plan to move the state to an A through F school ratings system, a plan that Education Commissioner Michael Williams announced Tuesday.
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Politics
TribCast: Medicaid Expansion, Budget Fights and CPRIT
Emily, Ross, Reeve and Ayan discuss the debate over Medicaid expansion, the upcoming fight over the budget in the Texas House, and the latest issues with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
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Health care
Project Explores Effect of Family-Planning Cuts Across Texas
A new website and database released by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project explores the impact of cuts made in 2011 to state family-planning services, breaking down information on the county and district level.
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Health care
Senate Approves CPRIT Reform Legislation
The Texas Senate unanimously approved two bills on Wednesday to reform the beleaguered Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas amid continuing controversy over grant awards.
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Economy
Zerwas: House Medicaid Reform Bill Will Incorporate Williams’ Plan
UPDATED: Rep. John Zerwas confirmed Wednesday that he will incorporate into his own Medicaid reform bill a proposal by Sen. Tommy Williams to use premium tax revenue to subsidize private health policies for the uninsured.
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Bidness As Usual
Data App: Ethics Explorer
With the addition of more than a dozen statewide elected officials to our Lawmaker Explorer — including Attorney General Greg Abbott and Comptroller Susan Combs and the state’s railroad commissioners and Supreme Court justices — we’re renaming it the Ethics Explorer.
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Higher Education
Duane Nellis: The TT Interview
The incoming president of Texas Tech University on his vision for the institution and why he isn’t worried about coming to work in a state that is experiencing some debate around the issues of higher education governance.