Health and human services are battleground for state privatization

Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has hired Read the rest of this entry »

Health and human services are battleground for state privatization

Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has Read the rest of this entry »

Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation’s first “defense of marriage” constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Read the rest of this entry »

Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation’s first “defense of marriage” constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Read the rest of this entry »