Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
State releases list of deficient bridges
Responding to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s request for a complete inventory of “structurally deficient” bridges, the Texas Department of Transportation on Thursday released a list of 2,024 such Texas bridges, including 36 in the three-county Austin area.
The agency at the same time released a broadside, sending Dewhurst a five-page […]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
For those that missed it, Perry vetoed $154 million to pay for community college employee health benefits. From what I can tell, the veto came out of no where although Perry has accused the community colleges of falsifying information to receive the payments from the state. Shouldn’t the attorney general being doing something about it […]
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Posted on May 19th, 2007 by TechDigger
I think Jaime Castillo nicely sums up Dewhurst’s attack on the Democrats and the voter id bill.
MySA.com: Metro | State
“I can only conclude that the senators who voted to block consideration of House Bill 218 did so not because it’s good public policy, but because they don’t believe in the basic American principle of one […]
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Posted on April 25th, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: Metro | State
Still, the central question on the voter ID bill has to be: Is there rampant fraud that would be addressed by the legislation?
Bexar County’s First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said he couldn’t recall the prosecution of a single voter impersonation case in the eight years he’s been there.
This is what bugs […]
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Posted on April 14th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Politics
Many families do not re-enroll every six months, which drops children from coverage. Dewhurst has said most Texans don’t have much sympathy “for someone that can’t fill out a two-page application every six months.”The Democrat-supported Lone Star Project in Washington reported this week that Dewhurst failed to file necessary forms at least six times […]
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Posted on April 12th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Columnists
If ever an issue has needed to be addressed locally, it’s this sticky business of testing athletes in Texas public high schools for steroids.
Really, this shouldn’t be a complicated matter. But, as usual, political ambitions have prevailed over common sense.
And, as usual, the taxpayer will get stuck paying the freight.
The Texas Senate and House […]
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Posted on March 1st, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: Metro | State
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Senate Finance Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, said they don’t like the idea of lengthening the enrollment period for the Children’s Health Insurance Program from six months to one year.
How about making college students apply for financial aid every semester? Maybe senior citizens should have to choose their […]
Filed under: American's Health Rankings, CHIPs, Children's Health Insurance Program, David Dewhurst, Steve Odgen, United Health Foundation, health insurance, health rankings, texas | No Comments »
Posted on January 31st, 2007 by TechDigger
So much for restoring cuts to the Children’s Health Insurance program.
Dewhurst lays out agenda
“I want to see truly eligible youngsters covered at the same time without scamming the system,” he said. “We don’t want people under welfare if they’re driving Cadillacs and they’ve got trust funds.
I beg your pardon, it looks Dewhurst does a plan […]
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