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Tribune"></a></h1> <time datetime="2015-03-15T01:47:05.240903">Sunday, March 15, 2015</time> </div> </header> </div> <div class="wrapper content-wrapper"> <div id="site_content" class="content index"> <header class="alt_header"><h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/health-and-human-services/">HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES</a></h1></header> <section class="topstory grid"> <article class=""> <div class="media large"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/14/oig-medicaid-investigators-efforts-see-weak-return/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/13/oig-badge_jpg_474x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/13/oig-badge_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/14/oig-medicaid-investigators-efforts-see-weak-return/">State Medicaid Probes Produce Paltry Results</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 14 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-14 06:00"> March 14, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/14/oig-medicaid-investigators-efforts-see-weak-return/comments/"><span class="value">19</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"><span><span>Three years ago, the office responsible for rooting out Medicaid fraud and abuse set a goal of finding $1 billion a year in misspent funds. But it's collecting about $995 million less than that,</span> and the program's performance is under scrutiny amid investigations into contracting irregularities.  </span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/14/oig-medicaid-investigators-efforts-see-weak-return/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> <aside class="related"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h2>Related</h2> </header> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-expand-medicaid/">GOP Leaders Say They Won't Expand Medicaid</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/10/emblem-sticks-tenure-remains-oig-badges/">Investigators Got Badges; Taxpayers Got the Bill</a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> </article> </section> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Jennifer Whitney, Spencer Selvidge</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Revisit Our Five-Part Undrinkable Series</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-13 06:00"> March 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>The Texas Tribune's five-part </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series looks at </span><span>border communities that lack reliable, clean water despite a multibillion-dollar effort that has spanned decades.</span><br/></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/7C2A3596_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/7C2A3596_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/">Competing Bills Filed Over End-of-Life Care for Pregnant Women</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:46:09 -0500" title="2015-03-12 12:46"> March 12, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Lawmakers have filed two competing bills about who should have the authority to decide whether to terminate a brain-dead pregnant woman's life — a preview of what promises to be a fiery legislative battle over end-of-life medical care in Texas.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/">For Two Border Towns, Clean Water Plan Crashes Amid Ineptitude</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 06:00"> March 12, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Most Rio Bravo and El Cenizo residents don't trust the tap water despite a new water treatment plant that was <span>supposed to vault the two poor border towns into a better standard of living.</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.35;">This is part of our </span><a style="line-height: 1.35;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> series on border communities that lack reliable, clean water.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="show-for-medium-down"> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Revisit Our Five-Part Undrinkable Series</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-13 06:00"> March 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Jennifer Whitney, Spencer Selvidge</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>The Texas Tribune's five-part </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series looks at </span><span>border communities that lack reliable, clean water despite a multibillion-dollar effort that has spanned decades.</span><br/></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/">Competing Bills Filed Over End-of-Life Care for Pregnant Women</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:46:09 -0500" title="2015-03-12 12:46"> March 12, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/7C2A3596_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/7C2A3596_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Erick Mu帽oz, widow of Marlise Mu帽oz, speaks at the Texas Capitol after "Marlise's Law" was introduced during a press conference on March 12, 2015. A picture of his late wife and her family sits on the table.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Lawmakers have filed two competing bills about who should have the authority to decide whether to terminate a brain-dead pregnant woman's life — a preview of what promises to be a fiery legislative battle over end-of-life medical care in Texas.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/competing-bills-filed-over-end-life-care-pregnant-/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/">For Two Border Towns, Clean Water Plan Crashes Amid Ineptitude</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 06:00"> March 12, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Most Rio Bravo and El Cenizo residents don't trust the tap water despite a new water treatment plant that was <span>supposed to vault the two poor border towns into a better standard of living.</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.35;">This is part of our </span><a style="line-height: 1.35;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> series on border communities that lack reliable, clean water.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 gap hide-for-medium-down left_rail"> <section class="folder"> <div class="tab data"> <hgroup> <h1>Featured Data</h1> <h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Revisiting the Undrinkable Series</a> </h2> <ul class="meta separator short"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-13 06:00"> March 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </hgroup> <div class="content"> <div class="media sidebar" <a href="http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_300x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Jennifer Whitney, Spencer Selvidge</cite> </div> </div> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-grande-city/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riogrande_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riogrande_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Spencer Selvidge</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In theory, clean, safe water should be flowing to all of Rio Grande City's 14,000 residents, but a long-standing arrangement with a handful of locally owned corporations keeps it from some parts of town. </span><span>This is part of our five-story </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-grande-city/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/lawmakers-vying-bring-sunlight-state-contracts/">Lawmakers Vying to Bring More Transparency to State Contracting</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:08:47 -0500" title="2015-03-10 18:08"> March 10, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/lawmakers-vying-bring-sunlight-state-contracts/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/lawmakers-vying-bring-sunlight-state-contracts/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/10/TT-Contract-high-Nelson-Zaffirini_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/10/TT-Contract-high-Nelson-Zaffirini_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Texas lawmakers are considering different approaches to <span>transforming the state's unwieldy, loophole-ridden system of contract oversight into something that can be properly tracked, analyzed and, when needed, restrained.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" 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href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-budget-writers-modify-womens-health-proposal/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/14/Rural_Cancer9608_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/14/Rural_Cancer9608_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Michael Stravato</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/sarah-davis/">Sarah Davis</a> on Tuesday warned that proposed changes to a women's health program — intended to gut funding for Planned Parenthood clinics — would put women's lives in danger.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-budget-writers-modify-womens-health-proposal/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/las-pampas/">A Colonia Built on Broken Promises of Clean Water</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-10 06:00"> March 10, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/las-pampas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-laspampas_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-laspampas_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Safe running water remains out of reach for the residents of Las Pampas. The residents of this remote West Texas colonia are forced to haul water from miles away. </span><span>This is part of our five-story </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series on border communities that lack reliable, clean water.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/las-pampas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 hide-for-medium-down mid_rail"> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/among-conservatives-push-pay-attendants-more/">Conservatives Join Push to Pay Care Workers More</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 3 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-03-03 06:00"> March 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/among-conservatives-push-pay-attendants-more/comments/"><span class="value">26</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/among-conservatives-push-pay-attendants-more/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9760_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="People with disabilities protest at the Texas Capitol against budget cuts to home and community-based services on March 1, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9760_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="People with disabilities protest at the Texas Capitol against budget cuts to home and community-based services on March 1, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">People with disabilities protest at the Texas Capitol against budget cuts to home and community-based services on March 1, 2011.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Personal attendants help the elderly and disabled with daily tasks ranging from rising and eating to bathing and going to the bathroom. For that, the state pays them about $8 an hour. Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> and some fiscal conservatives want to raise their wages.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/among-conservatives-push-pay-attendants-more/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/">New in Trib+Health: Changes on Tap at Med Schools</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 3 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-03-03 06:00"> March 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/02/Trib-Plus-Health-launch-leadart_png_150x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/02/Trib-Plus-Health-launch-leadart_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Changes ahead for medical schools, most parents favor vaccines for preventable diseases </span><span>and an interview with <span>Bruce Meyer, executive vice president for health system affairs at UT Southwestern.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/brief/">The Brief: March 3, 2015</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 3 Mar 2015 05:59:00 -0600" title="2015-03-03 05:59"> March 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/brief/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/brief/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Drought-DryTexasFlag_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Drought-DryTexasFlag_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman / Jinjian Liang</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In a House committee hearing on Monday, one witness sought to redefine the climate change debate as one with clear implications to national security.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/brief/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/hhsc-ig-zero-agency-inefficiencies/">New Sheriff Arrives at Troubled Health Agency</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:44:29 -0600" title="2015-03-02 18:44"> March 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/hhsc-ig-zero-agency-inefficiencies/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/hhsc-ig-zero-agency-inefficiencies/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MedicaidFraud_1_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MedicaidFraud_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The new chief watchdog for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission told lawmakers Monday he plans to right the embattled department by going after fraud and waste outside and inside the <span>$37 billion state social services empire.</span><br/></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/hhsc-ig-zero-agency-inefficiencies/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-expand-medicaid/">GOP Leaders Say They Won't Expand Medicaid</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 Mar 2015 13:56:58 -0600" title="2015-03-02 13:56"> March 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-expand-medicaid/comments/"><span class="value">53</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-expand-medicaid/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/03/07/MedicaidTexas_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/03/07/MedicaidTexas_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Leading Texas Republicans on Monday asked the Obama administration for greater flexibility to administer Medicaid — a move that has gotten little traction in the past — while reiterating that they would not participate in an expansion of the program under the Affordable Care Act.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-expand-medicaid/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/brief/">The Brief: March 2, 2015</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 Mar 2015 05:59:00 -0600" title="2015-03-02 05:59"> March 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/brief/comments/"><span class="value">25</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/02/brief/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/15875352853_bc2f724625_z_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/15875352853_bc2f724625_z_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: Miguel Gutierrez, KUT News</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Tribune's </span>Jay Root<span> and </span>Neena Satija<span> filed a story over the weekend on the problem of deferred maintenance at state government buildings in multiple agencies.</span> It makes for some grim reading<span>.</span></p> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a> series on border communities that lack reliable, clean water.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/vinton/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Along the Texas Border, a Third-World Problem</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-08 06:00"> March 8, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a 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Those left behind face third-world conditions and grave health risks. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/roundup-funding-roads-fighting-for-health-care/">Roundup: Funding Roads, Debating Health Care Reform</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/rocha-alana/">Alana Rocha</a> and <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-03-06 06:00"> March 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/roundup-funding-roads-fighting-for-health-care/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/roundup-funding-roads-fighting-for-health-care/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/030615_Roundup_Still_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/030615_Roundup_Still_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>In the Roundup: The Texas Senate passed its first legislation this week, state Republican leaders again addressed Medicaid expansion and reforms, and new bills aim to preserve the federal health subsidies in question in a U.S. Supreme Court case.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/roundup-funding-roads-fighting-for-health-care/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/funding-fight-cancer-clinics-could-be-collateral-d/">In Women's Health Fight, Cancer Care Could Be Collateral Damage</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-03-06 06:00"> March 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/funding-fight-cancer-clinics-could-be-collateral-d/comments/"><span class="value">29</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/06/funding-fight-cancer-clinics-could-be-collateral-d/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/12/TxTrib-Grants08_JPG_150x1000_q100.JPG" alt="X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/12/TxTrib-Grants08_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Michael Stravato</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">X-Ray Technologist Donna Fehl, prepares to scan a patient on a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">GOP lawmakers, in their effort to put Planned Parenthood out of business, could change how they fund a cancer screening program for poor women. 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March 19, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Spencer Selvidge</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Tiger Whitehead and his children Logic and Domnick, who used SNAP and the the Sustainable Food Center Farmer's Market double dollars coupons, shopping at the Farmer's Market at 2835 East MLK Blvd. in Austin on March 19, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>In 2013, 1.3 million Texas households received food stamps</span><span> — up from 505,968 in 2000</span>, according to </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150315065118/http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/acs/acsbr13-08.pdf?eml=gd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery">figures</a><span> released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150315065118/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/03/food-stamps-recipients-texas-almost-tripled-2000/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> 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