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When not in the newsroom or at the Capitol, he can be found on the volleyball court, where he stands 6'7". </p> <ul class="social_links"> <li><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48193858890819697a490819c859790968d86918a81ca8b9683"> <i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a7b5a3aeb6a7b0b182b6a7baa3b1b6b0aba0b7aca7ecadb0a5">[email protected]</span><script cf-hash="f9e31" type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */!function(){try{var t="currentScript"in document?document.currentScript:function(){for(var t=document.getElementsByTagName("script"),e=t.length;e--;)if(t[e].getAttribute("cf-hash"))return t[e]}();if(t&&t.previousSibling){var e,r,n,i,c=t.previousSibling,a=c.getAttribute("data-cfemail");if(a){for(e="",r=parseInt(a.substr(0,2),16),n=2;a.length-n;n+=2)i=parseInt(a.substr(n,2),16)^r,e+=String.fromCharCode(i);e=document.createTextNode(e),c.parentNode.replaceChild(e,c)}}}catch(u){}}();/* ]]> */</script></span> </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://twitter.com/ewalterstx" target="_blank"> <i class="icon-twitter"></i> <span>@ewalterstx</span> </a></li> </ul> </div> <section id="contributions"> <a name="contributions"></a> <h2>Recent Contributions</h2> <div class="contributions"> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2#contributions" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3#contributions" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4#contributions" class="page">4</a></li><li><a href="?page=5#contributions" class="page">5</a></li><li><a href="?page=6#contributions" class="page">6</a></li><li><a href="?page=7#contributions" class="page">7</a></li><li><a href="?page=8#contributions" class="page">8</a></li><li><a href="?page=9#contributions" class="page">9</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2#contributions" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/16/friends-foes-see-lessons-ar-medicaid-expansion/">Arkansas Medicaid Plan Offers Mixed Lessons</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/16/friends-foes-see-lessons-ar-medicaid-expansion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/01/protestCMS_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Department of Public Safety troopers guard the governor's office on April 1, 2013, as a group protests Republicans' stance on Medicaid expansion."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/01/protestCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Department of Public Safety troopers guard the governor's office on April 1, 2013, as a group protests Republicans' stance on Medicaid expansion." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Department of Public Safety troopers guard the governor's office on April 1, 2013, as a group protests Republicans' stance on Medicaid expansion.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-01-16 06:00"> Jan. 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/16/friends-foes-see-lessons-ar-medicaid-expansion/comments/"><span class="value">12</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Early on, supporters of Medicaid expansion pointed to Arkansas as an example of how Texas might go about helping insure its poor. But lately, <span>the neighbor's grass doesn't look quite as green.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/16/friends-foes-see-lessons-ar-medicaid-expansion/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/14/lawmakers-scold-health-agency-amid-contracting-fal/">Abbott Calls for Independent HHSC Review</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/14/lawmakers-scold-health-agency-amid-contracting-fal/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset084_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset084_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:49:20 -0600" title="2015-01-14 10:49"> Jan. 14, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/14/lawmakers-scold-health-agency-amid-contracting-fal/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span><strong>UPDATED: </strong>Gov.-elect <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> announced Wednesday the creation of an independent "strike force" to review the state's largest health agency, specifically how it awards contracts to private vendors.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/14/lawmakers-scold-health-agency-amid-contracting-fal/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/health-care">Battles Near and Far Over Medicaid, Women's Health</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/health-care"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/Legacy-Healthcare_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/Legacy-Healthcare_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 1 Jan 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-01-01 06:00"> Jan. 1, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> has championed private-market health care solutions and criticized public programs like Medicaid for being inefficient. Alexa Ura and Edgar Walters write about that and other notable health care issues that have come up during Perry's tenure.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/health-care"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/26/health-ministries-caring-means-sharing-bills/">At Health Ministries, Caring Means Sharing the Bills</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/26/health-ministries-caring-means-sharing-bills/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/22/TxTrib-Health-005_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Erica and Lance Beiler pose for a photo with their daughter, Arabella, at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas on Dec. 10, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/22/TxTrib-Health-005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Erica and Lance Beiler pose for a photo with their daughter, Arabella, at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas on Dec. 10, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Erica and Lance Beiler pose for a photo with their daughter, Arabella, at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas on Dec. 10, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-12-26 06:00"> Dec. 26, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/26/health-ministries-caring-means-sharing-bills/comments/"><span class="value">51</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A small but fast-growing number of Texans are joining health care sharing ministries, religious alternatives to federally mandated insurance in which members pool monthly payments to help cover one another’s medical expenses.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/26/health-ministries-caring-means-sharing-bills/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/09/18/comparing-nondiscrimination-ordinances/">Map: Comparing Nondiscrimination Ordinances in TX</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/09/18/comparing-nondiscrimination-ordinances/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/17/GaysWorkplace_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/17/GaysWorkplace_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Travis Swicegood, <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:48:09 -0600" title="2014-12-09 11:48"> Dec. 9, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>On Monday, the Plano City Council <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://planoblog.dallasnews.com/2014/12/plano-approves-controversial-equal-rights-policy.html/" target="_blank">voted to extend</a> its nondiscrimination policy to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. <span>Use our map to see what nondiscrimination policies other major Texas </span><span>cities have on the books. </span></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/09/18/comparing-nondiscrimination-ordinances/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/03/austins-first-kind-runoff-big-drama/">In Austin, City Council Runoff Elections Big on Drama</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/03/austins-first-kind-runoff-big-drama/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TCVoting013_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TCVoting013_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/christine-ayala/">Christine Ayala</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 3 Dec 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-12-03 06:00"> Dec. 3, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/03/austins-first-kind-runoff-big-drama/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In city council runoff elections now underway in Austin,<strong> </strong>some voters will have the chance to weigh in on a sibling rivalry, while others will be asked to choose sides in a fight over religion and a theory about 9/11.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/03/austins-first-kind-runoff-big-drama/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/01/hhs-committee-releases-interim-recommendations/">HHS Committee Releases Interim Recommendations</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/01/hhs-committee-releases-interim-recommendations/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/27/D54H4667_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Charles Schwertner R-Georgetown, speaks about health care in Texas at a February Tribune event."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/27/D54H4667_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Charles Schwertner R-Georgetown, speaks about health care in Texas at a February Tribune event." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Charles Schwertner R-Georgetown, speaks about health care in Texas at a February Tribune event.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:55:19 -0600" title="2014-12-01 19:55"> Dec. 1, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/01/hhs-committee-releases-interim-recommendations/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services released a series of recommendations late Monday for the 2015 legislative session.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/01/hhs-committee-releases-interim-recommendations/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/19/in-new-web-ad-abbott-promises-to-go-to-work/">In New Web Ad, Abbott Promises to "Go to Work"</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/19/in-new-web-ad-abbott-promises-to-go-to-work/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screenshot_2014-11-19_11.59.30_png_260x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screenshot_2014-11-19_11.59.30_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:32:28 -0600" title="2014-11-19 11:32"> Nov. 19, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Gov.-elect <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> released a web ad Wednesday, his first since being elected two weeks ago, promising to “work every single day to keep Texas the best state in the United States of America.” </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/19/in-new-web-ad-abbott-promises-to-go-to-work/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/18/ag-elect-paxton-names-roy-first-assistant/">AG-Elect Paxton Names Roy as First Assistant</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/18/ag-elect-paxton-names-roy-first-assistant/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/27/paxton_001_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/27/paxton_001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Laura Buckman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:12:08 -0600" title="2014-11-18 13:12"> Nov. 18, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/18/ag-elect-paxton-names-roy-first-assistant/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Chip Roy, a longtime GOP adviser who most recently worked for U.S. Sen. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a><span>, will serve as first assistant to Attorney General-elect </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a><span>, his campaign announced Tuesday.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/18/ag-elect-paxton-names-roy-first-assistant/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/13/abbott-appointee-endorsed-medicaid-expansion/">Abbott Appointee Endorsed Medicaid Expansion</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/13/abbott-appointee-endorsed-medicaid-expansion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/13/Abbot-Castcos_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a 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expansion of<strong> </strong>Medicaid — a central tenet of the federal<strong> </strong>Affordable Care Act that Abbott fiercely campaigned against.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/13/abbott-appointee-endorsed-medicaid-expansion/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/12/perry-appointed-board-endorses-coverage-expansion/">Perry-Appointed Board Backs Health Coverage Expansion</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/12/perry-appointed-board-endorses-coverage-expansion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/03/07/MedicaidTexas_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a 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state should provide health coverage to low-income Texans under the Affordable Care Act — a move the Republican-led Legislature has opposed. </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/12/perry-appointed-board-endorses-coverage-expansion/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/12/hearing-health-commissioner-endorses-mega-agency/">Health Commissioner Endorses "Mega-Agency"</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/12/hearing-health-commissioner-endorses-mega-agency/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/SunsetEthics_1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a 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</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-11-11 06:00"> Nov. 11, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/11/feds-consider-waiver-while-lawmakers-debate-medica/comments/"><span class="value">61</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Next session, lawmakers will have 29 billion reasons to reconsider Medicaid expansion. That's how many federal dollars the Obama administration could hold hostage in exchange for some solution for 1 million uninsured Texans. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/11/feds-consider-waiver-while-lawmakers-debate-medica/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/press-conference-abbott-talks-enterprise-fund-bord/">Abbott Addresses Enterprise Fund, Border Security</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/press-conference-abbott-talks-enterprise-fund-bord/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 5 Nov 2014 13:41:28 -0600" title="2014-11-05 13:41"> Nov. 5, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/press-conference-abbott-talks-enterprise-fund-bord/comments/"><span 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Sermons</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150121125312/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/29/mayor-parker-says-houston-will-drop-subpoenas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9321_1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150121125312/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9321_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kmays Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a 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