Lawmakers must fund more in-state medical residency slots if Texas wants to ward off a looming physician shortage, the presidents of the six University of Texas medical centers told the UT System Board of Regents on Wednesday.
TribBlog: Doctors-in-Residence
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Demographics
TribBlog: How Many U.S. “Anchor” Babies?
Of the 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. in 2008, 340,000 — about 8 percent — had parents who were undocumented immigrants, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.
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Energy
TribBlog: Texas Takes On Offshore Drilling Ban
Texas is suing to stop the Obama administration’s second offshore drilling moratorium.
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TribBlog: Did St. Edward’s University Pull a Bill White?
St. Edward’s University did indeed turn down the opportunity to host Barack Obama’s Monday visit — but for logistical reasons, not political ones, according to school officials.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Anchia vs. Riddle on “Terrorist Babies”
Tuesday night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, debated the perilous issue del día: anchor babies. According to Riddle, women would give birth to terrorist babies in the U.S. who can then destroy America once they come of age.
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Public Education
The Brief: Aug. 11, 2010
Washington dangled bait in front of Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday, but the governor still isn’t biting.
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Economy
Every Doggett Has His Day
The U.S. House has passed a bill on Tuesday that is expected to send about $800 million to bolster the state’s education budget. But thanks to an amendment added by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, the funding comes with Texas-specific strings attached. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune has this report.
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Hold On, Mr. Resident
For legal purposes, where you sleep is only part of the answer to where you live. There’s also where you vote, where you intend to reside, whether you consider your nesting place temporary and where you pay taxes.
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Higher Education
Brian McCall: The TT Interview
The longtime House member from Plano and newly installed chancellor of the Texas State University System (sorry, Sen. Wentworth) talked to the Tribune on Thursday about why he took the job, the importance of Hispanic outreach, the case against cutting the state’s higher ed budget, the trouble with the Legislature and what a good governor shouldn’t do.
