A Texas Program Has Poured Billions Into Cancer Research. Ken Paxton Voted Against It.
Mother Jones illustration; Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/ZUMA Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. 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.
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- ▪Rick Perry pushed an innovative response to a problem that was killing about 35,000 Texans each year.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ken-paxton-voted-against-cancer-prevention-resarch-institute-texas-funding/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:33:58 +0000 |
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Mother Jones illustration; Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/ZUMA Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 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 Texas. Perry boasted that year that the CPRIT would “put Texas on the path to becoming the world’s foremost leader in cancer research.” In a state legislature often riven by partisan fights, CPRIT was an idea with broad bi-partisan appeal.
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