A Texas Program Has Poured Billions Into Cancer Research. Ken Paxton Voted Against It.

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:33:58 GMT

In early 2007, newly reelected Republican Gov. Rick Perry pushed an innovative response to a problem that was killing about 35,000 Texans each year. The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, funded with $3 billion in public funds, would support groundbreaking work at the state’s leading research institutions, while ramping up prevention efforts across […]

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