Legislators to Watch
by Texas Observer Staff / Posted on | 1 CommentMeet the promising newbies and the veterans in bigger roles during the 2013 Texas Legislature.
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If It Were Up To Us…
by Melissa del Bosque, Emily DePrang, Dave Mann, Patrick Michels and Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 3 CommentsWe detail a dozen items that deal with the biggest problems in the state. Some of them are liberal fantasies (ahem, income tax) but others are sound public policy ideas that Texans of all ideologies support because they would improve the lives of millions of people.
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An IRS Regulation Offers a New Weapon Against Mexican Drug Cartels
by Monica Cruz / Posted on | 1 CommentA new IRS regulation that goes into effect this month could be a powerful tool in trying to stop illegal money from making its way to U.S. bank vaults.
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Rick Perry’s Refusal to Expand Texas’ Medicaid Program Could Result In Thousands of Deaths
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | 28 CommentsTexas Gov. Rick Perry is among several governors, mostly southern and Republican, who are resisting Medicaid expansion. If Texas doesn’t expand Medicaid, it will reject more than $100 billion in federal money the first decade, according to the state’s own figures.
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Blowing the Whistle on El Paso’s Crooked Schools
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | 5 CommentsIn fall 2009, counselor Patricia Scott went to her bosses at El Paso’s Bowie High School with what turned out to be a very dangerous question: Why was somebody erasing credits from the sophomores’ transcripts?
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