Gov. Rick Perry, in an exit interview with The Associated Press, said he didn’t plan to make a decision on a second run for the White House “until the middle of next year.”
Charles Schwertner
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Health care
Feds Have New Leverage in Medicaid Showdown
Next session, lawmakers will have 29 billion reasons to reconsider Medicaid expansion. That’s how many federal dollars the Obama administration could hold hostage in exchange for some solution for 1 million uninsured Texans.
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Perry Says Feds Should Screen for Ebola
Gov. Rick Perry is calling on the federal government to screen people for Ebola and set up “quarantine stations” at U.S. points of entry.
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Health care
Liveblog: Health Care at The Texas Tribune Festival
We’re liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s Health Care track. The sessions include panels on mental health, the Affordable Care Act, medical education and women’s health.
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Health care
“Three-Strikes” Proposal Spurring Debate over Nursing Home Regulation
Legislators in 2015 are poised to take up a proposal that would have the state close nursing homes that rack up high-level federal violations on three separate days over a two-year period.
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Commission Formally Recommends Closure of Some State Institutions
A Texas commission that reviews government agencies officially recommended Wednesday that lawmakers shutter an Austin-area institution for people with disabilities and identify five more statewide for later closure.
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Energy
The Brief: July 18, 2014
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is on his way out in a few months, but on Thursday he moved to fill some key Senate leadership slots to help the chamber prepare for the coming legislative session in January.
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Health care
Schwertner to Lead Senate Health and Human Services Committee
After appointing Sen. Jane Nelson to chair the Senate Finance Committee, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has picked Sen. Charles Schwertner to replace her as the head of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
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State Government
TribLive: A Conversation With Kacal, Raney and Schwertner
Full video of my 3/27 TribLive conversation at Texas A&M University in College Station with state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, and state Reps. Kyle Kacal, R-College Station, and John Raney, R-College Station.
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The Brief: March 27, 2014
Executives with the electric carmaker Tesla Motors met on Wednesday with government officials in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News, a development sure to spur further talk about Texas’ odds of landing the company’s $5 billion battery plant.
