Already placed on leave, the deputy chief of staff to Health and Human Services Commission chief Kyle Janek resigned Friday, and has started paying back half the $97,050 tuition paid by the state.
Terri Langford
Terri Langford is the Tribune's health services reporter based in Austin. Langford is a veteran journalist, having worked at the Florida Times Union, The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, WNYC, Honolulu Civil Beat and Texas Standard/KUT. Langford has a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. She has covered various city and state agencies, criminal justice and health and human services for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, The Associated Press, WNYC and Texas Standard at KUT.
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Sources: Abbott Will Wait to Decide on Janek’s Future
Amid calls for Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek to resign over a contracting scandal, sources close to Gov.-elect Greg Abbott say Abbott won’t decide on Janek’s future until after the completion of state investigations.
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Greg Abbott Gives Back 21CT Campaign Donation
Gov.-elect Greg Abbott’s office has confirmed that he returned a $10,000 campaign contribution from the CEO of the beleaguered company at the center of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracting woes.
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HHSC Revamping Rules After Paying for Janek Aide’s MBA
The embattled agency on Friday promised reforms, after confirming a Tribune finding that an employee with ties to Commissioner Kyle Janek and ousted chief counsel Jack Stick has been pursuing his MBA at taxpayers’ expense.
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Second Health Contract Questioned; Probe Requested
A state senator wants the Texas auditor to review how a private firm was selected to operate a state psychiatric hospital in Terrell.
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Stick’s Chief of Staff Facing Steep Pay Cut
One of three Texas Health and Human Services Commission employees put on paid administrative leave amid a probe into the agency’s contracting procedures is facing a 50 percent cut to his salary.
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Ushering in Several Reforms, But Not Always Leading the Charge
Rick Perry will leave behind a criminal justice system in healthier shape than when he stepped in as governor. Terri Langford writes that how instrumental Perry was in improving it remains an open question.
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Health Chief Says He Was Misled on No-Bid Deal
Texas Health and Human Services Commission chief Kyle Janek said Tuesday he was misled in briefings on a no-bid, $110 million deal handed to an Austin company for unproven software to detect Medicaid fraud.
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One Fired, Three Sent Home as 21CT Fallout Widens
Gov. Rick Perry on Friday fired HHSC Inspector General Doug Wilson as fallout widened from the selection of a relatively unknown company for a $110 million Medicaid fraud software contract.
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Whitmire Seeks Inquiry Into HHSC-21CT Contracts
State Sen. John Whitmire asked the state’s public integrity unit on Thursday to investigate deals between the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and 21 Century Technologies.