CPRIT

CPRIT Funding Contingent On Passage Of Oversight Bill

Ryan Poppe — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:01:34 +0000

The House and Senate established a provision as part of the Senate’s budget that requires passage of a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas oversight bill in order for the group to be funded by the state.

Senate Passes Bills Reforming Leadership & Transparency At CPRIT

Ryan Poppe — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:51:22 +0000

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has been in troubled water over grant funding issues and a lack of transparency. In the wake of the group publicly announcing that it was shutting down its foundation, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, laid out her bill to the Senate.

"The executive director of that foundation indicated on the record that they had given my office every piece of information that we had requested and she absolutely knows that not to be true," Davis said.

Troubled CPRIT Foundation To Close In 60 Days

Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:02:58 +0000

This story as it aired on KUT

The private foundation that’s given financial support to the state’s troubled cancer-fighting agency says it’s shutting down.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas – known as CPRIT – has its own problems. The agency is being investigated for its handling of some taxpayer-funded grants.

On Tuesday, though, it was the private foundation formed to supplement the salaries of CPRIT’s top executives that brought the wrath of state lawmakers.

Gov. Perry's Push To Ban Abortion Takes Another Step

David Martin Davies — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:21:47 +0000

Gov. Perry's announcement this week of the "fetal pain" bill is the latest in his attempts at restricting abortion in Texas; pro-life groups applaud the announcement and pro-choice groups are kicking their opposition into high gear. The governor made his announcement at a pregnancy crisis center, but what exactly is a pregnancy crisis center, and where do they get their funding? Freelance reporter Carolyn Jones investigates. Finally, problems with state-funded CPRIT continue to surface, the latest being an $11 million grant that was not reviewed before it was handed out.

Travis County DA Investigating State Cancer Institute

Nathan Bernier, KUT News — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:02:36 +0000

There’s more trouble for the state’s embattled cancer-fighting agency.

The Travis County District Attorney’s office is now investigating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, better known as CPRIT.

Gregg Cox is the head of the Public Integrity Unit in the Travis County DA’s office. He says they’ll be looking at how contracts were awarded.

Scientists Resign from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Eileen Pace — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:00:35 +0000

Some of the scientists with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas have resigned, with one warning that the $3 billion taxpayer-funded agency is headed down a path of systematic abuse.

Texas is home to the country’s second largest cancer-research fund, which is the largest of any state. The only entity funded at a higher level is the federal National Institutes of Health. C-PRIT has awarded almost $700 million in grants in the past three years.