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From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau January 7, 2008 Texas Contractor Interview with Amadeo Saenz on TxDOT construction and maintenance spending in 2008 and beyond. Amadeo Saenz, P.E., a transportation engineer with 29 years' state experience, took over as the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) at the end of September — and began working to find ways to allow the agency to meet the state's highway needs despite increasing demand,rising costs and decreasing resources. Saenz, 51, was named to Texas' top transportation position by the Texas Transportation Commission in late September to replace Michael Behrens, who...

Jul. 29, 2003 Print This | Email This GAO, in a Report Suppressed by Democrats, Finds Increased Insurer Losses Behind Malpractice Crisis ROCKVILLE, Md., Jul. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ROCKVILLE, Md., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In its report released July 28, the US General Accounting Office (GAO) completely substantiates the fact that increasing claim costs are the primary driver of the current medical liability insurance crisis. Dispelling the myths widely spread by trial lawyers and so- called consumer groups, such as the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, the GAO finds that medical malpractice insurers have not "experienced net losses on...