Friday, August 6, 2010

Rick Perry, David Dewhurst vow to challenge education-spending rule if Congress passes bill

Stutz:
AUSTIN – State leaders vowed Thursday to go to court if Congress gives final approval to a bill that would force Texas to preserve current education spending levels through 2013 to qualify for additional federal aid.
http://dallasne.ws/c3LX34

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Perry on El Paso violence

Mulvaney gives it 4 peppers...

The claim...


In a TV interview last week about border security, Gov., Rick Perry said: "It’s becoming really frustrating when we’re seeing a Mexican governor assassinated across the border from Texas, you’ve got bullets hitting the City Hall in El Paso, you’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."

The facts...


There has not been a car bombing, or other drug-related bombings, in El Paso. Asked what the governor was referring to, aides said that he meant to cite a July 15 car bombing across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
http://dallasne.ws/dwIbLZ

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Texas needs more minority teachers, experts say

AUSTIN – Texas' minority student enrollment continues to surge, but the state's teacher corps isn't keeping pace.


That has left large numbers of black and Hispanic children without the role models experts believe would help them achieve more.
Stutz: http://dallasne.ws/bncr5f

White's new spot: Part of a one-two punch against Perry

Slater takes a look: http://dallasne.ws/aNRIJz

Perry tries raffle to locate supporters

Hoppe:
AUSTIN – In the world of political come-ons, Rick Perry is running and gunning. And roping.


The Perry campaign is offering supporters who submit 11 names of registered voters for the campaign to contact a chance to win prizes in a raffle. The gifts include a jogging lesson from RunTex founder Paul Carrozza and a shooting lesson from the paramilitary outfit LaRue Tactical.
http://dallasne.ws/blYHmy

Texas' child support collection data presents varied picture

Texas lags in the percentage of overdue support it collects, according to an analysis of federal data by The Dallas Morning News. Delinquent cases and amounts owed are rising faster here than in many other states. Kim reports: http://dallasne.ws/ax0DfV

Monday, August 2, 2010

DMN's 2-part series about Parkland Hospital

UT Southwestern faculty let unsupervised resident doctors operate at Parkland
"...a system that has allowed trainee doctors, known as residents, to operate with little or no faculty supervision at Parkland Memorial Hospital, according to medical center and hospital records and testimony from doctors concerned about patient safety. "
By REESE DUNKLIN, SUE GOETINCK AMBROSE and BROOKS EGERTON / The Dallas Morning News

Miles Moffeit and Ryan McNeill and editorial assistant Marina Trahan Martinez contributed to this report. http://dallasne.ws/bqJuDG

Doctors: Double standard for residents at Parkland, UT Southwestern
"Procedures were different at the two hospitals owned by UT Southwestern, where faculty physicians see their privately insured patients, said Nirula and other former doctors who shared his concerns."
By REESE DUNKLIN and SUE GOETINCK AMBROSE / The Dallas Morning News

Ryan McNeill
http://dallasne.ws/bZaDIx