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Last session lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined forces to bring more transparency and reforms to how the Cancer Prevention Research Institute…
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Following an investigation by the Texas Public Integrity Unit, a Travis County grand jury has indicted former CPRIT Chief Commercialization Officer Jerald…
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At the tail end of the regular legislative session, Gov. Rick Perry demanded that Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg resign because of her…
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Texas Democrats are outraged that Gov. Rick Perry is threatening to veto a portion of the state budget unless embattled Travis County District Attorney…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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There’s more trouble for the state’s embattled cancer-fighting agency. The Travis County District Attorney’s office is now investigating the , 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. “We notified CPRIT to preserve and protect from destruction all records, documents, computer records, and everything like that,” Cox tells KUT News. “And at this point we are gathering information to begin this process.” The investigation comes after CPRIT revealed it awarded $11 million in taxpayer funds to a Dallas biotechnology firm without the required scientific or business reviews. The Texas Attorney General’s office has launched a separate examination of the awards process. Meanwhile, CPRIT’s executive director Bill Gimson has submitted a letter of resignation, saying he can no longer be effective as the head of the $3 billion agency.
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Some of the scientists with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas have resigned, with one warning that the $3 billion taxpayer-funded…