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GOP HEALTH BILL
ZIKA VIRUS
Senate sees little use Pregnant women for repeal, replace plan should be tested
Americans fear they won’t afford insurance By Erica Werner and Alan Fram A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans wasted no time on Friday showing they have little use for the House bill to repeal and replace Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act amid fears among Americans that people already sick won't be able to get affordable insurance.
"I'm going to read the House bill, find out what it costs and where I find good ideas there, why we'll borrow them. But basically we're writing our own bill," Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate health committee, said in an interview. "At this point, there seem to be more questions than answers about its Senate continues on A10
City of Laredo reminds public to take precautions SPECIAL TO THE TIME S
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President Donald Trump, accompanied by GOP House members, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Thursday after the House pushed through a health care bill.
FALCON LAKE
BASS CHAMPS SOUTH REGION TOURNAMENT First place winners received $20K S P ECIAL TO THE TI ME S
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alcon Lake held the Bass Champs South Region Tournament on March 25, 2017. Tye Heineman and Mike Bates had the biggest sack of fish of them all winning over $20,000. Winners Tye Heineman and Mike Bates had started their day drawing boat #117. "We weren't thrilled about drawing such a late number,” Heineman said. “Falcon is low, and there are only so many points to fish." Regaining their composure, they decided to relax and just go fishing. "We made a run to the dam, fishing the chunk rock in 10'-15' of water," Heinman said. "We knew a lot of the Bass continues on A10
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Pictured are first place winners of the Bass Champs South Region Tournament, Tye Heineman and Mike Bates.
Mosquito season is here and the City of Laredo Health Department is reminding the public to take precautions. All pregnant women in Laredo-Webb and Zapata counties should be tested for Zika virus in the first and second trimesters of their pregnancy. Also, anyone with a rash and at least one other common Zika symptom (fever, joint pain or eye redness) should also be tested for Zika virus. For women who are not pregnant, the Health Department recommends taking preventive measures with some form of birth control and everyone should take the following mosquito control measures: To assist with prevention, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has approved repellant purchase as of May 1 to Dec. 31. The following persons qualify under these programs: Pregnant women of any age, women and girls ages 10-55, and males 14 and older, as applicable, in the following programs: 1 Medicaid 1 Children's Health Insurance Program 1 CHIP-Perinatal 1 Healthy Texas Women 1 Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program 1 Family Planning Program Benefit details: 1 One can/bottle of mosquito repellent is permitted per pharmacy, with one refill allowed per month. 1 Mosquito repellent won't count against the monthly three prescription limit for those clients with a monthly limit. 1 There is no cost to Medicaid or Healthy Texas Women clients (for those enrolled at the City of Laredo Health Department you can you can obtain repellant at the Women's Health Clinic at 2600 Cedar) 1 CHIP members may pay the generic copay or less if the cost of the repellent is less than the copay. 1 Many pharmacies can provide you mosquito repellent without a prescription from your doctor. Contact your favorite pharmacy to make sure they are participating in this benefit. To find your pharmacy's phone number, you can use the Pharmacy Search on the following website: https://www.txvendordrug.com. 1 If you are enrolled in managed care, please refer to that health plan's website, or call the Member Services number on the back of your Member ID card. 1 If your pharmacy recommends getting a preZika continues on A10
DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Police officer faces murder charge in teen’s death By Claudia Lauer and Will Weissert A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
DALLAS — A white Texas police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager for which the officer was fired, according to an arrest warrant issued Friday. The warrant for Roy Oliver, a former officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, was issued by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office for the April 29 shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. In a statement it released announcing the warrant, the sheriff’s office cited evidence that suggested Oliver “intended to cause serious bodily injury and commit
an act clearly dangerous to human life that caused the death.” Oliver fired a rifle at a car full of teenagers leaving a party, fatally shooting Edwards. The teen’s death led to protests calling for Oliver to be fired and charged. On Tuesday, the same day that the officer was fired, news broke of the Justice Department’s decision not to charge two white police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the shooting death of a black man in 2016. And a white officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, pleaded guilty that day to federal civil rights charges in the fatal shooting of a black man in 2015. The warrant for Oliver’s
arrest states that any peace officer may arrest him, and that Oliver could also turn himself in to authorities. Oliver’s attorney, Cindy Stormer, didn’t immediately return messages seeking comment. The attorney for the teen’s family, Lee Merritt, said he would issue a statement later Friday. Edwards and his two brothers and two other teenagers were driving away from an unruly house party in Balch Springs late Saturday night when Oliver opened fire on their vehicle with a rifle. The bullets shattered the front passenger-side window and struck Edwards. Oliver’s firing TuesDallas continues on A10
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State Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas speaks at a news conference at the Supreme Court Building in Austin, Texa, on Thursday, about the shooting of Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs, Texas.