House budget writers intend to add $433 million to the current two-year budget with a supplemental bill laid out Thursday, though some lawmakers expressed concern with plans for millions in leftover funds from some state health programs.
Sylvester Turner
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Contract High
In State Contracting, Failure is an Option
Texas’s tendency to privatize state services has led to contracting scandals erupting regularly. But a history of cost overruns or bad performance hardly bars a company from winning future jobs.
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Energy
The Brief: Dec. 15, 2014
The Houston Chronicle’s Theodore Schleifer has the goods on next year’s mayoral election in Houston.
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Health care
TribLive: Changing Population, Changing Health Care
Full video of our 10/6 TribLive conversation with Rice University’s Vivian Ho, Elena Marks of the Episcopal Health Foundation, former State Demographer Steve Murdock, Harris County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez and state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston.
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Energy
The Brief: July 30, 2014
Top officials at the Texas National Guard and the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday told a select House committee looking at the costs of the ongoing border operation that they did not request Guard troops.
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Health care
The Brief: May 27, 2014
Will Texas buck the larger national trend in Republican politics and go in deeper with support of Tea Party candidates and causes?
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Criminal Justice
Sex Offender Agency’s Presiding Board Member Quits
Amid heated controversy over the placement of dangerous sex offenders, the presiding member of a board that oversees an agency that manages civilly committed violent sex offenders resigned on Tuesday.
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Health care
Liveblog: Health Care at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each session of The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Health Care track, which featured panel discussions on the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, new developments coming out of Texas, and abortion and women’s health.
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State Government
Two Decades On, Turner Holds Sway in the House
Throughout his 24 years in the Texas House, state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, has taken a pragmatic approach to politics, maintaining close ties with Republican leaders if it means a seat at the negotiating table.
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Slideshow: Turner Over the Years
State Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, has served in the Texas House since 1989. This session, he served as a key player on negotiations over the budget. He has run for mayor of Houston twice and has not ruled out a third run in the future.Here’s a look back at Turner’s 24 years in the Texas […]
