… in member’s business dealings. The chairman of a legislative oversight panel chided Gov. Greg Abbott ‘s top health care appointee this week for failing to identify all of his agency’s high-dollar government contracts and gave him less less than a …
Category: Texas Government
2/25/2017
… her testimony – surpassing the time limit by several seconds to urge lawmakers to “stop playing with women’s health care as if it’s your own political puppet” – Schwertner hammered his gavel prompting a swift crack that shattered the desk top and …
Texas Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges an Employee of a…
… to the US Department of Defense. * An employee of a Texas based company providing services to the US Department of Health and Human Services. * An employee of a Texas based company providing services for school lunch programs via the Department of …
In dueling budget proposals, Texas House and Senate billions of dollars apart
… about $2.2 billion more in state funds for education than the Senate’s. The House proposal for state spending on health and human services is about $2 billion larger than the Senate’s as well. Nelson’s proposal would tap $103.6 billion in state …
Texas officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid
After more than a year of delays , Texas is officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. In a move that could affect thousands of low-income women, state health officials on Tuesday delivered a final legal notice to defund the organization from the Medicaid program through which it provides family planning and women’s health services to the poor.