News
Texas, Feds Agree To Renew Medicaid Funds For Safety Net Hospitals
Posted on · The agreement with the Trump administration extends the life of the so-called "1115 waiver" for another five years, to the tune of $25 billion
Hurricane Harvey
T-Squared: Hurricane Harvey, In Book Form
Posted on · You can preorder "Harvey: Devastation, Courage and Recovery in the Eye of the Storm," a chronological account of the hurricane — from early warnings that Houston was at serious risk to the heartbreaking aftermath
News
Video: Houston And The Lege – 84th Session Recap
Posted on · The Texas Tribune is livestreaming a review of the just-finished legislative session — and its impact on Houston.
News
Perry, Some Lawmakers Want State’s Gold Back In Texas
Posted on · Call it the Rick Perry gold rush: The governor wants to bring the state’s gold reserves back from a New York vault to Texas.
News
Lawmakers Close To Compromise On Disclosure Bill
Posted on · Weeks after freshman state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione was scolded over an ethics bill he brought before the powerful House State Affairs Committee, the lawmaker said he has found middle ground with the legislators who rebuked him.
News
Lawmakers Seeing Possibilities on Medicaid Expansion
Posted on · News that the federal government has negotiated with Arkansas to allow that state to use billions of dollars in Medicaid funds to buy private health insurance for the state's poorest residents has some Texas Republicans intrigued.
News
Lawmakers Could Restore Family Planning Funds
Posted on · When state lawmakers passed a budget in 2011 that moved $73 million from family planning services to other programs, the goal was largely political: halt the flow of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood clinics. Now they are facing the policy implications, and a bipartisan coalition is considering ways to restore some or all of that financing.
StateImpact
Fake Twitter Feeds, Deceptive Websites Shake Up Primary
Posted on · Social media sabotage is in high gear in Texas’ later-than-usual primary, from fake Twitter feeds to deceptive website domains to allegations of email and Facebook forgery.
Health & Science
Perry Says Women’s Health Program Won’t Die
Posted on · Gov. Rick Perry notified President Obama on Thursday that Texas will find the money to continue to fund the Women’s Health Program, no matter what the federal government does. But Planned Parenthood won't be allowed to participate — and the program may no longer be affiliated with Medicaid.
News
Perry Surgeon Has Been Critic of Texas Health Policies
Posted on · The doctor performing Gov. Rick Perry's clavicle surgery on Friday happens to be the president of the Texas Medical Association — and a vocal critic of some of the governor's women's health policies.
Elections
After Poor Iowa Showing, Why is Perry Still Running?
Posted on · Only Gov. Rick Perry knows for sure what changed in the 12-hour period between his late-night decision to come back to Texas to reassess his presidential bid and his morning Tweet that he was forging ahead to South Carolina.
News
Texas Republicans Who Don’t Support Perry Face Risks
Posted on · Texans have elected Rick Perry governor three times. But not all of the state's prominent Republicans are supporting his presidential campaign, which could be politically risky, whether he makes it to the White House or comes home.
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Perry Reenergized by Fundraising But Debates Loom
Posted on · Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is reenergized by fundraising numbers that seem to assure a two-man race with Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. But Perry has a dark cloud on the horizon: two high-stakes presidential debates.