Daily Archives: June 17, 2004

Notes from the tort “reform” wars

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Time again to check in on how the tort “reform” measure Prop 12 is affecting insurance rates. [Lt. Gov. David] Dewhurst criticized G.E. Medical Protective Co., or MedPro, for seeking a 19 percent increase in the rates it charges doctors … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Convention time

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Democrats arrive today for three days of fellowship and non-insane party platform construction. As noted before, I’ll be mostly limited to the blogger caucus tomorrow – and if you can, you really should try to make it – but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Earle investigates Frost

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Travis County DA Ronnie Earle is looking into a complaint by State Sen. Bob Deuell that Rep. Martin Frost misused corporate funds in 2000. Travis County prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating an allegation that U.S. Rep. Martin Frost illegally … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Now how much would you pay for that?

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Price tag to widen I-10 rises to $2.2 billion. The costs of widening the chronically congested Katy Freeway are expected to reach $2.2 billion, more than 50 percent higher than the 2001 estimate, the Texas Department of Transportation said Wednesday. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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And the licensing scheme is…

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

SixApart has announced its licensing and pricing scheme for MovableType 3.0. It looks like they really listened to the voluminous feedback they got from their users about how they actually used the product. Good news for me: I can continue … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wythe on Bell/DeLay

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Greg has some useful things to say about the two main players in the Chris Bell/Tom DeLay ethics complaint saga. Check it out. On a separate note, see The Stakeholder for some more DeLay-related shenanigans. I can’t believe he’s still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Nick O’Brien followup

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

You’ve all heard of the Nick O’Brien story by now – indeed, more than 300 Googlers dropped by yesterday looking for news of the four-year-old baseball fan. Well, it turns out that he’s going to get that baseball after all, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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