Texas is pushing the federal government for temporary funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program while Congress fights over a permanent solution.
Matthew Choi
Matthew Choi is a Washington correspondent for The Texas Tribune. He previously covered energy and climate policy at Politico, where he wrote the Morning Energy newsletter and covered campaign events as a breaking news reporter during the 2020 presidential election and the Mueller investigation. Before joining Politico, Matthew was a two-time reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune based in Austin, reporting on education, health care, immigration, guns, agriculture and land management. He graduated from Northwestern University where he studied journalism and political science and was managing editor of The Daily Northwestern. Matthew is a native of Northern Virginia and speaks both French and English. In his free time, Matthew enjoys cooking French country food while listening to Simon and Garfunkel.
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Higher Education
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe to speak at SMU
James O’Keefe will speak at Southern Methodist University on Wednesday, less than a week after The Washington Post reported a woman with possible ties to O’Keefe targeted a Post reporter in a sting operation.
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Economy
As Bayer and Monsanto push for merger, Texas farmers fear rising prices
Multinational agricultural firms Bayer and Monsanto say their planned merger will boost innovation by consolidating resources. But some farmers say the merger eliminates competition and could lead to higher seed prices.
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Report: Texas special education director fired
The firing comes two days after The Texas Tribune reported that Laurie Kash was facing a lawsuit over allegations that she covered up the sexual abuse of a 6-year-old student at a previous job.
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Health care
State gives Alternatives to Abortion program $20 million more in funding
The Texas Legislature’s budget for the next two years includes $20 million more in funding for a controversial state program that seeks to discourage women from getting abortions in the state.
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Congress
Christian TV producer Bruce Jacobson announces run against Sen. Ted Cruz
Bruce Jacobson, a Christian TV executive from North Richland Hills, announced Thursday that he is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018.
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State Government
Cities race to annex land before new Texas law goes into effect Dec. 1
A new law will require certain cities to get the consent of a majority of property owners before annexing their land.
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Some in Texas Legislature call for rethinking state’s gun laws
Following the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history, some Democrats and at least one Republican in the Texas Legislature are calling on state leaders to take a hard look at the state’s gun laws.
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Red River land lawsuit ends in settlement
A lawsuit between landowners in northern Texas and the federal government over land near the Red River ended in a settlement that specifies the boundaries of federal land and rolls back survey efforts by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Recently passed Texas law allows for armed volunteer security at churches
A state law put into effect in September made it legal for houses of worship to have armed volunteer security — but the law’s author says many churches in Texas don’t know it’s an option.