On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, the show is given over to setting the stage for the remainder of the session as the state Legislature moves into a higher gear.
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State Medicaid Probes Produce Paltry Results
Three years ago, the office responsible for rooting out Medicaid fraud and abuse set a goal of finding $1 billion a year in misspent funds. But it’s collecting about $995 million less than that.
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Obama Administration Asks Appeals Court to Let Immigration Plan Proceed
Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice filed an emergency motion asking an appeals court to lift a temporary halt to a federal immigration program that was issued by a Brownsville-based federal judge in February.
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Far-Reaching Border Security Bill Clears First Hurdle
After several reassurances from House members about what a border security bill is not intended to do, the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety voted out the sweeping measure on Wednesday.
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San Antonio Gang Member Executed
A Mexican Mafia hit man convicted for his part in the 1998 capital murder of a San Antonio woman was executed Wednesday evening, leaving the state prison system with only enough pentobarbital for one more execution.
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Could Sedative Be Used in Future Texas Executions?
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which is nearly out of its current lethal injection drug, pentobarbital, has stockpiled the sedative midazolam. That drug could be part of a backup execution method in Texas, but it is at the center of a legal challenge.
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New Doubts Raised Over Key Witness in Willingham Case
More than a decade after Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for the arson murder of his three young daughters, new evidence indicates that a key witness testified in return for a promise to have his own sentence reduced.
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Sanctuary Cities Bill Hits Bump in Texas Senate
A controversial immigration proposal scheduled for a public hearing Monday was postponed after a border Democrat argued that Republicans did not give the public sufficient notice about the meeting.
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Lawmaker Wants to Know Immigration Impact
For all the legislative debate about border security and immigration, it’s been nine years since anyone comprehensively studied the economic impact of undocumented Texans. A border lawmaker wants to fill that information vacuum.
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State Accuses Obama Administration of Misleading Judge
Attorneys for the state of Texas say the Obama administration started granting work permits to undocumented immigrants before it said it would, and misled a federal judge about it. They’re demanding more details.
