The controversial budget rider prohibiting state dollars from going to medical research using embryonic stem cells won't make it into the final version of the budget bill. The pro-stem cell group, Texans for the Advancement of Medical Research released a statement applauding the development this morning.

Ogden announced in conference committee the budget negotiators "couldn't come to a consensus", leading the stem cell provision to be pulled from the budget.

The Statesman has more here.

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