State auditors found muddled chains of command, missing files and a massive backlog of cases when they dug into the enforcement process at the Division of Workers’ Compensation, according to a report released Thursday. The findings support the claims of former employees who exited the division this year amid complaints of stalled action on dozens of cases against workers’ comp physicians accused of abusing the system.
“This Report Backs Us Up”
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State Government
TribBlog: EPA and TCEQ Debate Permitting
At a lunchtime debate on Thursday in Austin, federal and Texas pollution regulators aired their disagreements over the state’s controversial permitting program for large plants.
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Demographics
TribBlog: DHS Payday
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano in Laredo today announced more money for border states and defended an administration under fire from folks on the Mexican border.
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2010: The $5.9 Million Man
Gov. Rick Perry raised $7.1 million from his last report through June 30, bringing his campaign’s cash on hand at mid-year to $5.9 million.
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2010: The $9 Million Man
Democrat Bill White hit the mid-year mark with more than $9 million in the bank for his November challenge to Gov. Rick Perry.
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Energy
TribBlog: Pickens Updates Plan
T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas oilman, updated the presentation today for his Pickens Plan to get the country off of foreign oil. He focuses almost entirely on natural gas, and makes no mention of the wind power he also peddled two years ago.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Goodbye, Simkins
The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously this morning to rename an all-male dorm Creekside Residence Hall after weeks of debate about the man the building was originally named for: William Stewart Simkins, a dead UT law professor and Ku Klux Klan organizer.
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Politics
2010: Rasmussen: Perry 50, White 41
Gov. Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White 50-41 in the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports.
