Tan on coming prison school cuts and online sales taxes, Root on Rick Perry’s support for tax increases when he was a lawmaker, Ramshaw and Serafini on what “Perrycare” would entail, yours truly on the differences between Perry and George W. Bush, Philpott on the passions of the Paulites, Murphy and Seger unveil the Trib’s Texas Public Schools Database, Hamilton on UT’s answer to calls for improvements in higher ed, Galbraith on predictions that the record heat in Texas will be a long-term problem and Aguilar on the legal shootout over gun sales in Texas: The best of our best content from Aug. 22 to 26, 2011.
Health care
In-depth reporting on public health, healthcare policy, hospitals, and wellness issues shaping communities across Texas, from The Texas Tribune.
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Health care
So What Would “Perrycare” Look Like?
Gov. Rick Perry routinely attacks federal health care reform, but he has so far revealed little on the presidential campaign trail about what his own “Perrycare” could look like — or how much changing American health care will figure into his candidacy.
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Health care
31 Days, 31 Ways: State Slashes Funding for Residency Programs
DAY 22 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Lawmakers slash funding for residency programs in Texas, making it even more difficult for the state to meet its growing physician shortage.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson analyzes TWIA claims and lawyer fees, Aguilar talks border security and voter ID with Chuy Hinojosa, Grissom on the latest inmate exonerated via DNA evidence, Hamilton interviews John Sharp on higher ed and the SEC, Murphy interactively maps the changes wrought by redistricting, Philpott on who’s running Texas while Rick Perry is out campaigning for president, Ramsey on Perry’s history of off-the-cuff remarks, Ramshaw on Perry’s childhood years in Paint Creek, Root on Perry’s extraordinary first week on the trail and Tan on even more ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 15-19, 2011.
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Environment
In “Liberal Bastion,” Perry Receives an Unfriendly Welcome
Rick Perry came to press the flesh with voters in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday — but he ran instead into a vociferous protest of his views on Social Security and Medicare outside a local cafe. It wasn’t much better inside.
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Economy
Perry and the Stimulus: It’s Complicated
Gov. Rick Perry likes to rail against the Obama administration’s “failed” federal stimulus program, but he and state lawmakers have more than $17 billion in fed-stim dollars to thank for the last two balanced Texas budgets.
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Health care
31 Days, 31 Ways: Family Planning Funding Slashed
DAY 15 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The Department of State Health Services expects about 180,000 Texas men and women will lose access to birth control and cancer screenings.
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Health care
Under Scrutiny, Perry Walks Back HPV Decision
With his lengthy record as governor under intense new scrutiny, Rick Perry is seeking to defuse the controversy around one of his most controversial decisions: his 2007 executive order requiring all girls to be vaccinated against HPV, the principal cause of cervical cancer.
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Health care
31 Days, 31 Ways: Anti-Abortion Clinics Get More Funding
DAY 14 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Despite making deep cuts across the state’s budget, lawmakers increased funding for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy resource centers.
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Health care
What They’re Saying About @teamrickperry
Gov. Rick Perry is scoring some endorsements from GOP activists and officeholders, but support for Perry among his fellow Texas Republicans isn’t unanimous. The Democrats, as you might expect, are vociferously in opposition.
