Police officers across the country have been fired, demoted or otherwise disciplined for social media posts that voice opposition to Black Lives Matter and violence during racial justice protests.
By Nik Rajkovic
May 11, 2021
Three days after denying hefty unemployment checks were keeping American workers home, President Joe Biden urged those living off the government to get back to work.
“Anyone collecting unemployment who is offered a suitable job must take the job or lose their unemployment benefits,” he said Monday.
Some are calling on Texas to follow South Carolina and Montana s lead in cutting off federal bonus payments to those refusing to go back to work.
The unemployment bonuses were first put into effect to help flatten the curb, but Democrats have successfully kept them going as the COVID lockdowns continued over the past year.
Medicaid Expansion For Uninsured Texans Had Bipartisan Support, But Lawmakers Won t Pass It This Session Patch 5 days ago
An effort to expand government health care for working poor Texans is likely dead for this legislative session, supporters say mired in conservative opposition and faced with a fast-approaching deadline in the Republican-led Texas Legislature.
Medicaid expansion “appears extremely unlikely to move this session,” said state Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, author of Senate Bill 117, a plan that had bipartisan support among House members but not in his own chamber. “It appears that for purposes of this session, lingering misinformation and political intransigence are still too large to overcome.”
/ Sonia Wood, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner, treats a patient at Carousel Pediatrics in Austin. Three million children are currently on Medicaid, but most of their parents do not qualify.
Nothing is truly dead until the session ends. But committee chairs in both chambers have blocked bills from getting hearings, and supporters have dim hopes that Republican leaders will revive it in time.
An effort to expand government health care for working poor Texans is likely dead for this legislative session, supporters say mired in conservative opposition and faced with a fast-approaching deadline in the Republican-led Texas Legislature.
Medicaid expansion “appears extremely unlikely to move this session,” said state Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, author of Senate Bill 117, a plan that had bipartisan support among House members but not in his own chamber. “It appears that for purposes of this session, lingering misinformation and political intransigence are still too l
Sonia Wood, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner, treats a patient at Carousel Pediatrics in Austin. Three million children are currently on Medicaid, but most of their parents do not qualify. Credit: Spencer Selvidge for The Texas Tribune
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An effort to expand government health care for working poor Texans is likely dead for this legislative session, supporters say mired in conservative opposition and faced with a fast-approaching deadline in the Republican-led Texas Legislature.
Medicaid expansion “appears extremely unlikely to move this session,” said state Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, author of Senate Bill 117, a plan that had bipartisan support among House members but not in his own chamber. “It appears that for purposes of this session, lingering misinformation and political intransigence are still too large to overcome.”