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Trump Budget Slashes Money Of Clean Air And Water Programs

Associated Press

Posted on May 23, 2017 · Environmentalists said the administration's spending plan, if adopted by Congress, will lead directly to more pollution-related illnesses and deaths.

Tags budget clean air cuts Trump

Education News

Will Texas Universities Face Perfect Storm Of Cuts?

Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Posted on March 28, 2017 · The top three sources of revenue for Texas public universities are all being targeted for reductions or freezes by federal or state government leaders.

Tags cuts education federal funding state funding Texas universities

Politics

Texas Braces For Medicaid Cuts Under GOP Health Plan

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on March 18, 2017 · Advocates on both sides of the aisle say the GOP health care bill will be bad for Texas because it will lead to more people without coverage and punish the state because it did not expand Medicaid.

Tags Affordable Care Act cuts gop health plan medicaid

Health & Science

Advocates: Poor Women Will Be Most Affected By Texas’ Medicaid Cuts To Planned Parenthood

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on December 22, 2016 · Texas officials are trying again to take state funding away from Planned Parenthood in Texas. This time, they are kicking the chain of women’s health clinics out of the state’s Medicaid program, which could affect roughly 11,000 Medicaid recipients across the state.

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