This may not come as a surprise to people who know the red hue of Chet Edwards' House district, but the Waco Democrat just announced he'll vote against the House healthcare bill. Edwards won't be the only Democrat to vote...
Forecasts that more Texans battered by the recession will qualify for free health care under the Medicaid program will require that the program receive nearly $1 billion more in state funds, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst announced today. "One cloud has...
We'll have more details on the Web shortly, but House budget writers this morning sent to the floor a two year budget that would spend nearly $4 billion less than the budget that the Senate approved last week. The key...
Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio (right) just warned the Senate's GOP budget architects that they haven't done enough to make sure doctors and dentists will treat impoverished children. Referring to last session's settlement of...
The Senate decided to punt the embryonic stem cell research controversy to House-Senate budget negotiators, according to Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco (right). In their lunchtime huddle behind closed doors, senators decided not to try to rewrite today the embryonic stem...
Texas is looking at a pot of new federal health care dollars -- between $5 billion and $6 billion -- that's as big as the stimulus bill's bonanza for public schools. The General Accounting Office estimates Texas should receive $5.45...
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