UT System adviser hire under fire over 200000 salary
Texas lawmakers question the University of Texas System for hiring Rick ODonnell as a senior adviser at a $200,000 yearly salary amid a hiring freeze. They say the process lacked a board vote and chancellor approval while ODonnell’s anti-research stance clashes with 2009 legislative goals. Critics note links to UT regent Alex Cranberg and Perry donor Jeff Sandefer.
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Texas lawmakers weigh home health care cuts and federal reform resistance
Advocates warn that cutting home based health care by nearly one third would endanger over 3,000 medically fragile children and more than 100,000 adults as Texas faces a multi-billion budget shortfall. Republicans push to nullify or resist federal health care mandates, arguing constitutional concerns and exploring compacts to assume duties. A separate bill would boost disabled veterans by designating their businesses as historically underutilized and improving HUB contract access. since 2008 the state comptroller has awarded over $6 billion to HUBs and other groups.
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Woman charged in day care fire arraignment planned
Jessica Tata, an international fugitive, returns to Texas to face arraignment in Harris County on 14 charges including manslaughter after a Houston day care home fire killed four children. She remains jailed without bond as investigators say she left seven children alone while shopping. a stove burner ignited the blaze.
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Texas Senate hearing on anti bullying bills
The Texas Senate Education Committee heard testimony on bills to ban bullying in schools. Senator Wendy Davis proposes shifting bullies away from victims, training officials to spot and respond to bullying, and expanding rules to include cyberbullying via texting and Facebook.
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