As lawmakers on the Sunset Advisory Commission prepare to publicly review the Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday, the Commissioner and his former physician fraud investigator are waging a war of words in their letters to lawmakers.
TribBlog: Workers’ Comp War of Words
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Economy
TribBlog: Gambling 101
Coming soon to a large pink state capitol building in this very state: A day-long seminar on slot machines and casinos and all that, especially as it pertains to the state budget.
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Politics
The Polling Center: Location, Location, Location
At this point, anti-incumbent sentiment in Texas appears to be dwarfed by party identification and opposition to the national Democratic Party.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Supremes Will Hear Hank Skinner DNA Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will take up Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner’s case.
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The Brief: May 24, 2010
In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, Republicans lead Democrats in every statewide race.
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Not Quite Right
It’s not always the big transgressions that bedevil public people. It’s the understandable ones.
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Economy
Work in Progress
The latest employment numbers show that more Texans than ever before have jobs, but the state is still struggling with its highest unemployment rate since 1987. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on the good and bad news in the latest stats.
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Criminal Justice
The Price of Innocence
Let’s say you served time for a crime you didn’t commit: How much is each year you lost really worth? A new law increases the state’s payout to exonerees, but the process of getting compensated is its own form of punishment.
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TribLive: Kirk Watson, Full Audio
Full, unedited audio from Evan Smith’s May 19 TribLive conversation with state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin.
