The health care provider says losing Medicaid funds would be “devastating” for poor Texas women; state attorneys make their case today for why the health care provider should be denied.
2017
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Politics
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush hospitalized
Former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush were both being treated Wednesday at Houston Methodist Hospital, according to a news release.
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Higher Education
Analysis: Legislators start with a $5.3 billion difference of opinion
In their first-day numbers, the Texas Legislature’s two chambers didn’t even agree on the size of the current budget. The House baked in some supplemental expenses that the Senate left that out.
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Criminal Justice
How one transgender boy sees the “bathroom bill” debate (video)
A new bill would mandate that people use bathrooms in public schools, government buildings and public universities based on “biological sex.” A business group and families with transgender members are working to oppose it.
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Criminal Justice
At court, Planned Parenthood argues against removal from Medicaid
Planned Parenthood lawyers and witnesses said in front of a packed courtroom that ending the organization’s reimbursements for Medicaid could endanger access to family planning services for Texas’ most vulnerable populations.
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Energy
Rick Perry prepares to re-enter political arena with confirmation hearing
More than five years after his infamous “oops” moment, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is facing another high-pressure moment in the national spotlight this week: his confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. Secretary of Energy.
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Bordering on Insecurity
Sparring over evidence marks first day of Border Patrol agent’s trial
A state judge ruled that a statement Border Patrol Agent Joel Luna voluntarily gave authorities can be used in his murder trial. Sparring over evidence marked the first day of his trial in South Texas, in a case that has stoked concern about alleged law enforcement corruption on the U.S. side of the border.
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Energy
Texas sues federal government one more time over coal rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he would sue the federal government yet again to block a recently finalized federal rule regulating coal mining near waterways.
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Politics
Ken Paxton pitches Texas business community on “bathroom bill”
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday pitched the “bathroom bill” to the Texas business community, which has vocally opposed the effort to regulate bathroom use.
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Criminal Justice
In dueling budget proposals, Texas House and Senate billions apart
Texas House and Senate leaders are starting out the legislative session nearly $8 billion apart according in dueling budget proposals released Tuesday. Among the sticking points: spending on public education and border security.
