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While Travis County’s partnership with Texas Mutual may be legal, county leaders and prosecutors should ask, “Is it ethical?"</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="hero category-law-and-order"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/22/texas-must-combat-fraud-in-workers-compensation/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/Travis_Co_and_Capitol_BW.jpg"> </a> <div class="article_body"> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/law-and-order/">Law and Order</a></div> <header> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/22/texas-must-combat-fraud-in-workers-compensation/">Texas must combat fraud in workers’ compensation</a> </h2> <p class="byline">By <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/author/bill-hammond/">Bill Hammond</a>, Sept. 22, 2015</p> </header> <div class="comment_count "> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/22/texas-must-combat-fraud-in-workers-compensation/#comments">1</a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>You may not remember the dark days of Texas' workers’ compensation system some three decades ago. But I can assure you, having lived it, Texas doesn’t want to go back there.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="secondary_content"> <article class="article-summary category-energy"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/21/new-epa-rules-threaten-the-texas-fracking-boom/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/TxTrib-Drilling-042TT.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/energy/">Energy</a></div> <div class="comment_count "> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/21/new-epa-rules-threaten-the-texas-fracking-boom/#comments">12</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/21/new-epa-rules-threaten-the-texas-fracking-boom/">New EPA rules threaten the Texas fracking boom</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/author/ed-ireland/">Ed Ireland</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:43:29 -0500" title="2015-09-21 12:43"> Sept. 21, 2015 </time> </p> <p>New EPA rules pose a direct threat to our oil and natural gas revolution. Even worse, they are largely a Washington-designed solution still searching for a problem.</p> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary category-health"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/20/gov-abbotts-obamacare-battle-cry-is-misguided/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/ACA_and_Capitol.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/health/">Health</a></div> <div class="comment_count "> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/20/gov-abbotts-obamacare-battle-cry-is-misguided/#comments">5</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/20/gov-abbotts-obamacare-battle-cry-is-misguided/">Gov. Abbott’s Obamacare battle cry is misguided</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/author/carl-anderson/">Carl Anderson</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:49:57 -0500" title="2015-09-20 20:49"> Sept. 20, 2015 </time> </p> <p>In his battle cry inciting Congress and fellow governors to denounce the Affordable Care Act, Greg Abbott states loud and clear that my life and the lives of the million-plus Texans receiving health care via Obamacare don’t matter to him.</p> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary category-paid-placement"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/01/texas-top-health-agency-needs-fresh-focus-on-aging/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/aarp-aging-image.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/paid-placement/">Paid Placement</a></div> <div class="comment_count hidden"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/01/texas-top-health-agency-needs-fresh-focus-on-aging/#comments">0</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/01/texas-top-health-agency-needs-fresh-focus-on-aging/">Texas' top health agency needs fresh focus on aging</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204242/http://states.aarp.org/category/texas/" rel="nofollow">Bob Jackson, AARP</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Tue, 1 Sep 2015 15:51:32 -0500" title="2015-09-01 15:51"> Sept. 1, 2015 </time> </p> <p>With 10,000 people turning 65 every day in the U.S. and the Texas state demographer projecting that the number of people age 65 and older will triple by 2050, the need for a focus on aging is obvious.</p> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary category-government"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/17/reform-the-land-office-give-it-a-reboot-really/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/Old-GLO.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/government/">Government</a></div> <div class="comment_count "> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/17/reform-the-land-office-give-it-a-reboot-really/#comments">4</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/17/reform-the-land-office-give-it-a-reboot-really/">Reform the Land Office? Give it a reboot? Really?</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/author/jerry-patterson/">Jerry Patterson</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:19:39 -0500" title="2015-09-17 17:19"> Sept. 17, 2015 </time> </p> <p>Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has talked about reform and a “reboot” of the General Land Office. But there's proof that the office had been a success, and morale is now actually dropping among agency employees.</p> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary category-paid-placement"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/08/31/latino-health-care-turning-barriers-into-bridges/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/08/bcbs-latino-health-care.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/paid-placement/">Paid Placement</a></div> <div class="comment_count hidden"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/08/31/latino-health-care-turning-barriers-into-bridges/#comments">0</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/08/31/latino-health-care-turning-barriers-into-bridges/">Latino health care: turning barriers into bridges</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204242/http://www.bcbstx.com/" rel="nofollow">Esteban López, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:08:14 -0500" title="2015-08-31 12:08"> Aug. 31, 2015 </time> </p> <p>Texas continues to experience dynamic growth, especially among Latinos. With this dramatic change come new and complex issues related to health care and access disparities.</p> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary category-economy"> <div class="media"> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/16/austins-lawsuit-is-an-abuse-of-the-property-tax-code/"> <img class="lede_art" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924204242im_/http://cdn.tribtalk.org/media/photos/2015/09/Downtown2.jpg"> </a> <div class="category"><a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/category/economy/">Economy</a></div> <div class="comment_count "> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/16/austins-lawsuit-is-an-abuse-of-the-property-tax-code/#comments">5</a> </div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/2015/09/16/austins-lawsuit-is-an-abuse-of-the-property-tax-code/">Austin's lawsuit is an abuse of the property tax code</a> </h2> <p class="byline"> <span class="authors">By <a href="/web/20150924204242/http://www.tribtalk.org/author/paul-bettencourt/">Paul Bettencourt</a>,</span> <time class="pubdate" datetime="Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:29:48 -0500" title="2015-09-16 16:29"> Sept. 16, 2015 </time> </p> <p>The taxpayer protections that are the real targets of the city’s lawsuit are well established in law. 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