“Billboard Babies” & birth tourism

South Texas hospitals marketed maternity packages outside the United States. Anthony Holm has one question: Who was watching?

This week on Politics with the Big Dogs, Anthony digs into the “Billboard Babies” story and marketing tied to maternity services in South Texas. He walks through the Spanish-language website, which advertised birth packages and the questions he believes Texas regulators and state leadership now have to answer after the campaign operated for years.

Then Anthony turns to former state Rep. Nate Schatzline’s move into Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and what it could mean for the fight to close the Texas Republican primary. Anthony is encouraged by Schatzline, but he wants to know whether conservative personnel will finally produce conservative policy.

And in a surprisingly personal moment, Anthony explains why expanded Pell Grant eligibility for workforce training matters to him as a kid from rural Iowa who earned a GED and understands that college is not the only path to opportunity.

The episode also takes on Graham Platner, Democratic double standards, Iran and the political stories Anthony could not fit into the radio hour.

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