After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions.
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Bill Aims to Boost Efforts to Bury Use of Cross-Border Tunnels
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, wants to close a loophole that allows underground cross-border tunnels — which are often used by Mexican cartels — to flourish.
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DPS Renews Warning Against Spring Break Trips to Mexico
UPDATED: The Texas Department of Public Safety today renewed a warning that cautions Texas students against traveling to Mexico. The break begins next week for most of the state’s schools.
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Arturo Vargas: The TT Interview
The executive director of NALEO’s Educational Fund on what it will take to motivate Latinos to vote this year, why immigration isn’t the group’s only concern and why voter ID legislation is a bad idea.
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Plan to Train Mexican Officers is Slow to Start
A cross-border training program between Texas peace officers and Mexican police has yet to get off the ground. But U.S. authorities are still intent on helping their southern neighbor.
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UT/TT Poll: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans’ Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem.
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More Mexican Meth May Be Crossing the Border
There are signals that cartels south of the border aren’t looking at methamphetamine as merely a backup source for revenue anymore, analysts say.
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Re-electing Perry
Gov. Rick Perry told us on Tuesday that he may run for re-election. Voters aren’t sold, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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2013 Budget Plan Facing Border Security Criticism
The White House’s proposed 2013 budget has the Texas Border Coalition insisting that the administration’s lack of money for port improvements puts trade and security in peril.
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Concerns Raised Over “Limited Term” Licenses
Some say that the Texas Department of Public Safety is going against its own policy with its “limited term” designations for driver’s licenses and identification cards.