Republicans and Democrats expressed reservations about a Trump administration proposal to reduce federal spending for biomedical research by 18 percent. (The New York Times)

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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at...