Perry to push sale of lottery / Exclusive: Proposal seeks to help 500,000 uninsured Texans, fund cancer research
Source: By ROBERT T. GARRETT and CHRISTY HOPPE, The Dallas Morning News (TX), 07:24 AM CST on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Gov. Rick Perry plans to ask lawmakers Tuesday to follow him in the boldest initiative of his administration: selling the Texas Lottery to subsidize health insurance for 500,000 low-income adults and fund research to help cure cancer in 10 years.