Gov. Rick Perry targeted “left-wing, pro-abortion radicals” in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, blaming the Obama administration for the state’s stand-off over the Women’s Health Program.
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Texas Planned Parenthood Clinics Bracing for Komen Cuts
Komen for the Cure’s decision to cut off grants to organizations under federal or state investigation means Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas will have to find new funding for thousands of mammograms and breast exams every year.
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Health care
Peter Carmel and Bruce Malone: The TT Interview
American Medical Association President Peter Carmel and Texas Medical Association President Bruce Malone on the Medicare cuts that physicians face, Texas’ legal challenge to federal health reform and efforts to slash funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Economy
Budget Battles Still Ahead for Legislature
The state Legislature heads back to work in less than a year. And as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the state’s improving economy won’t likely save legislators from the protracted budget battle that awaits them.
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Paul, Three Remaining Rivals Square Off in Debate
Rick Perry may be out of the presidential race, but Texas Congressman Ron Paul is still fighting for the nomination. During Thursday night’s CNN debate, he showed he’s still got plenty of fire in the belly heading into Saturday’s South Carolina primary.
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Criminal Justice
State Settles Largest-Ever Medicaid Fraud Suit
In the state’s largest-ever Medicaid fraud recovery, Johnson & Johnson agreed Thursday to pay Texas $158 million to settle a lawsuit over its efforts to get the schizophrenia drug Risperdal on an approved list for the state’s poorest patients.
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Lawmakers, Hospital Administrators Revisit Texas Medicaid Waiver
Texas lawmakers and hospital administrators took a hard look Tuesday at the state Medicaid waiver recently OK’d by the Obama administration.
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Policy Group Already Working to Shape 2013 Session
The conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation today wrapped up its annual legislative primer, which has become a must-attend for state Republican leaders. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on how the group is already working to influence next year’s legislative session.
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Texas Democrats Defend Federal Health Reform
Texas has already joined the two-dozen other states challenging the constitutionality of federal health care reform before the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, 27 Democratic state lawmakers have signed on to try to defend it.
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Criminal Justice
What Will 2012 Hold for Politics, Policy and Perry?
Texans will close out 2011 with more questions than answers, from the outcomes of redistricting and Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential bid to the effects of lawmakers’ multibillion-dollar budget cuts. Here’s hoping 2012 brings some resolution.
