Past Contributions

• After Long, Emotional Debate, Senate OKs Abortion Regulations

  By Becca Aaronson June 18, 2013

  After hours of emotional debate Tuesday evening, the Senate approved omnibus legislation to increase abortion restrictions in Texas. Full Story 

• Pharmacists Push Transparency in Medicaid Pricing

  By Becca Aaronson June 18, 2013

  Pharmacists squeezed between the costs of drugs and the sometimes lower-than-cost reimbursements from Medicaid are looking forward to changes in managed care that will let them see behind the reimbursements and to challenge them. Full Story 

• Interactive: Financing Projects to Transform Health Care in Texas

  By Becca Aaronson June 14, 2013

  Texas plans to launch 1,100 experimental projects using a transformational Medicaid waiver. The goal: to change the way health care is delivered to the state’s poor and uninsured. This interactive shows how $3.2 billion for those projects will be spent. Full Story 

• Lack of Local Revenue Limits Experimental Health Care Projects

  By Becca Aaronson June 14, 2013

  The federal government has approved 1,100 experimental projects that could transform health care delivery to the state’s poor and uninsured. But the plan has a big catch: Local health care entities have to pony up to get the federal dollars. Full Story 

• Senate Panel to Consider Omnibus Abortion Bill

  By Becca Aaronson June 13, 2013

  A panel of state senators will convene on Thursday to respond to Gov. Rick Perry’s call to add legislation related to abortion procedures, providers and facilities to the special session. Full Story 

• Caucus Plants Seeds for Farm-to-Table Movement

  By Becca Aaronson May 30, 2013

  The bipartisan "farm-to-table" caucus landed a couple of key victories in its first legislative session, laying the groundwork for its effort to help local agricultural businesses crop up across Texas. Full Story 

• Dewhurst Calls for Conservative Priorities in Special Session

  By Becca Aaronson May 27, 2013

  Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is urging Gov. Rick Perry to include a variety of conservative issues, such as the "fetal pain" and campus-carry measures, in the special session that Perry announced Monday. Full Story 

• Interactive: Track Public Education Donors

  By Morgan Smith, Ryan Murphy, Becca Aaronson and Noah Seger May 24, 2013

  Whether they have a longstanding interest or are branching into new territory, some of the state's top political donors advocate for education issues. Use our interactive to track contributions to lawmakers who make decisions affecting Texas schools. Full Story 

• Amendment Targeting Medicaid Expansion Unlikely to Stick

  By Becca Aaronson May 23, 2013

  The House on Thursday knocked down a nonbinding motion to instruct conferees to keep an “anti-Medicaid expansion” amendment when they meet with Senate members to work out the final language of Senate Bill 7. Full Story 

• Health Care Hecklers Meet With Perry

  By Becca Aaronson and Jay Root May 22, 2013

  UPDATED: Gov. Rick Perry met with three health care activists who helped organize a protest of his speech before Austin business leaders Wednesday. Both sides said the meeting was cordial, though there were no breakthroughs. Full Story