Glen Hegar
Wed May 10, 2006 at 06:00 PM CDT
More than a few newspapers around the state last week covered the story of Patricia King, a prison guard who won a $250,000 sexual harassment suit in 1999 against the state. It's nearly seven years later, and the legislature is just finally getting around to taking care of her claim.
[King's] judgment, which with six years of interest, court costs and fees totals more than $640,000 because the state never paid the original jury award after it withstood appeal. [. . .]On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee passed a measure to pay the judgment.
Her claim still needs to pass the full House and Senate, and King isn't alone in having an outstanding payment owed to her by the state. The City of Bryan is still owed for some utility work it did in the late 90s and a nursing home in Killeen is still waiting on "$117,000 worth of services for Medicaid patients from 1999 and 2000." Altogether, the state has $13.2 million in outstanding claims like King's that it has yet to appropriate. So why haven't these folks been paid yet?
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 01:48 PM CST
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CD 22 GOP
Primary FINAL
SD3 GOP Primary FINAL
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Tom DeLay
20558
62.00
Frank Denton
5579
15.28
Pat Baig
1151
3.36
Dave Kleimann
6567
17.98
Tom Campbell
9937
29.97
Robert Nichols
19790
54.19
Mike Fjetland
1550
4.67
Bob Reeves
4585
12.55
SD 7 GOP Primary
Final
SD 18 GOP
Primary Final
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Mark Ellis
2545
6.07
Gary Gates
12933
35.63
Peggy Hamric
6900
16.445
Glen Hegar
19934
54.92
Joe Nixon
3629
8.65
David Stall
3428
9.44
Dan Patrick
28860
68.82
SD 2 GOP Primary
COMPLETE & FINAL
Candidate
Votes
%
Bob Deuell (I)
17026
67.33
Tim McCallum
8259
32.66
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