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Former TWIA head Jim Oliver sues windstorm agency for severance pay, damages | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Jim Oliver, fired in March after 11 years as head of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, is suing the association for withholding from him a... 14 hr 42 min ago View in Crawl 4

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Youths load up on sugary soft drinks, and researchers study ancient bacteria's resistance to...

texashealthcarereport.org — In our effort to pander to our editor’s tabloid instincts, we shock you with what national researchers say is the national problem of sugar soda. S... 14 hr 46 min ago View in Crawl 4

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Parents, taxpayers can't see if Houston school contracts are awarded fairly because of Texas...

texaswatchdog.org — Gaps in the ethics policies of the Houston school district make it difficult to verify whether its board members are awarding contracts fairly. The... 18 hr 11 min ago View in Crawl 4

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Expansion of managed care for Medicaid patients coming to Rio Grande Valley. Will Texas see the e...

texashealthcarereport.org — A Texas health care reform bill, backed chiefly by Republicans and opposed chiefly by Democrats, ran on to more than 150 pages with dozens of movin... 18 hr 17 min ago View in Crawl 4

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Harvard economists question accountable care organizations' ability to deter wasteful spendi...

texashealthcarereport.org — Warnings abound today, with health care economists worried that our “lust for the new thing” in medicine will outstrip the ability of accountable c... 1 day 12 hr ago View in Crawl 4

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Central Texas hospital chain aims to reduce costly hospital stays, and government to review doubl...

texashealthcarereport.org — Central Texas hospital chain aims to reduce costly hospital stays, and government to review double-digit insurance hikes: Health care news today 2 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Houston ISD to pay groundskeeping contractor twice the low bid

texaswatchdog.org — The Houston public schools earlier this year hired a company headed by a local football star – one who had a brief career in the NFL – to cut grass... 2 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Texas Watchdog celebrates three years of journalism. Thank you! | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Pound for pound, Texas Watchdog hits harder and provides more watchdog journalism than any news outlet in Texas. And we owe it to you: Our readers,... 2 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Salary information for Texas utilities' workers' made public | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Salaries of workers at public power utilities can no longer be withheld based on the flimsy excuse that disclosure could harm the utilities’ compet... 3 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Rural medical care squeezed by Texas budget cuts, and managed care poses risks: Health care news ...

texashealthcarereport.org — Medical care in rural Texas, already in short supply, is getting further squeezed by budget cuts passed in this past session of the Legislature. Ma... 3 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Another study debunks link between vaccines and autism, and Kaiser compiles health care views of ...

texashealthcarereport.org — Time for failed actress and addled autism activist Jenny McCarthy to clasp her hands over her ears and refuse to believe. Again. An Institute of Me... 6 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Feds investigate Texas' generous Medicaid braces program: Featured video

texaswatchdog.org — Federal auditors are probing Texas' Medicaid braces program, WFAA-TV reports. Texas spends as much on braces for poor kids as the other 49 sta... 6 days ago View in Crawl 4

Feds investigate Texas' generous Medicaid braces program: Featured video
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Perry camp says he would work to repeal Obamacare, and advocates want another look at radiation p...

texashealthcarereport.org — With Gov. Rick Perry taking the whip to the poll Palomino, what-if stories are as hot as Kanye and Jay-Z. Before doing anything with health care, P... 7 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Interwoven ethics problems at Houston ISD, Houston Community College, port authority, Harris Coun...

texaswatchdog.org — There’s trouble at the Houston school district. There’s trouble at the port authority. There’s trouble at Houston Community College. There’s troubl... 7 days ago View in Crawl 4

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Texas' housing agency -- which failed to rebuild houses post-Hurricane Ike -- criticized in ...

texaswatchdog.org — A year before Gov. Rick Perry wrested control of nearly $3 billion in Hurricane Ike funds from the state’s housing agency, a federal audit criticiz... 7 days ago View in Crawl 4

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