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Interactive: Hotze/CRT Donations: 2009-10
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Health care
Updated: Hospitals, Advocates at Odds Over Preemie Bills
Lawmakers agree that curbing elective inductions of labor and so-called “convenience” cesarean sections would prevent premature births and save the state money. But how best to do it has left child welfare advocates and hospitals at odds.
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Demographics
Fight Brewing Over Seized Drug Money
The Texas Department of Public Safety says it has seized as much as $140 million of the $28 billion that moves annually from the U.S. into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Mario Carrillo of KUT News and ReportingTexas.com reports on what happens to that seized money and how some would like to see it used.
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Health care
Doctor Legislation Raises Safety Concerns, Questions of Motive
Are Texas doctors hamstrung by unfounded complaints? Reps. Bill Zedler and Fred Brown think so. But the bills they’ve filed to address the issue are largely opposed by the state’s biggest physician organization.
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State Government
Video: House Gives “Pork Chopper” Bill Early OK
The aptly nicknamed “pork chopper” bill — which authorizes hunters to shoot feral hogs and coyotes from helicopters — passed a preliminary vote in the Texas House today, 137-9.
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State Government
Senate OKs Renaming, Shrinking RR Commission
The Senate approved a bill today that would change the name of the Railroad Commission to the Texas Oil and Gas Commission and reduce the size of the commission from three elected members to one elected commissioner.
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State Government
House Gives “Pork Chopper” Bill Early OK
The aptly nicknamed “pork chopper” bill — which authorizes hunters to shoot feral hogs and coyotes from helicopters — passed a preliminary vote in the Texas House today, 137-9.
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Criminal Justice
Appeals Court Denies Request to Delay Execution
The 3rd Court of Appeals today denied two death row inmates’ request to stop the state from using a new lethal injection drug.
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Guides
Texplainer: How Real Is the Feral Hog Menace?
Feral hogs are a fast-growing — and destructive — problem. Does that mean recreational hunters in helicopters should shoot them?
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for April 4, 2011
Your afternoon reading: more budget debate highlights; Texas among states to watch in 2012; redistricting battle pits Lamar Smith against Joe Barton
