Komen for the Cure’s decision to cut off grants to organizations under federal or state investigation means Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas will have to find new funding for thousands of mammograms and breast exams every year.
Thanh Tan
Thanh Tan was a multimedia reporter/producer for the Tribune from 2011 to 2012. She previously worked at Idaho Public Television, a PBS station that serves a statewide audience. While there, she was an Emmy award-winning producer/reporter/host for the longest-running legislative public affairs program in the West, Idaho Reports, moderator of The Idaho Debates, and a writer/producer for the flagship series Outdoor Idaho. Prior to joining IdahoPTV, she was a general assignment reporter at the ABC affiliate in Portland, Oregon. and a political reporter for KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho. Her work has also appeared on the PBS NewsHour and This American Life. She graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with degrees in International Relations and Broadcast Journalism.
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Paul Keeps His Focus on Smaller Caucus States
Ron Paul’s fourth-place finish in Florida’s primary on Tuesday wasn’t surprising. Paul, who barely competed in the Sunshine State, is sticking to his focus on smaller caucus states, which award delegates based on a proportional system.
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Health care
Peter Carmel and Bruce Malone: The TT Interview
American Medical Association President Peter Carmel and Texas Medical Association President Bruce Malone on the Medicare cuts that physicians face, Texas’ legal challenge to federal health reform and efforts to slash funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Video: Perry Loyalists Say He’s Far From Finished
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The dean of the University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Nursing on the college’s growth, its online studies program, state budget cuts and the critical shortage of nurses that Texas is facing.
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Paul Overshadowed by Gingrich, Romney in Florida Debate
Texas Congressman Ron Paul was largely sidelined in Monday night’s NBC debate, which was dominated by Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. But Paul did have some tough words for Gingrich.
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After Fourth-Place Finish, Paul Remains Resolute
The lone Texan left in the presidential nomination hunt, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, finished in fourth place tonight in the South Carolina Republican primary, but the liberty-loving, war-hating candidate is nowhere near ready to give up.
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Paul, Three Remaining Rivals Square Off in Debate
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Video: Tribune Editors on Perry’s Return to Texas
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State Government
State Releases Much-Reduced List of Family Planning Contractors
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