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Photos From Wendy Davis’ Filibuster and the Senate Battle Over Anti-Abortion...
With the Texas Senate poised to approve one the harshest anti-abortion laws in the country—just 15 minutes before the midnight deadline—and Senate Democrats apparently out of maneuvers, the crowd took...
View ArticleLaid-Off UT-Brownsville Faculty Sue, Claiming School Ignored their Tenure Rights
Three former professors filed a federal lawsuit late Thursday morning against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, escalating a two-year battle over tenure rights between...
View ArticleAdvocates, State Officials Fight Over Foster Care System Overhaul
Depending on whom you ask, the state of Texas is either rushing to implement potentially disastrous changes to its foster care system or taking bold action to fix serious problems. On Tuesday, the...
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Fostering Neglect
Crystal Bentley is poised. She sits up straight at the formal dining room table of Angel Reach, a transitional home for former foster care youth in Conroe, and speaks with the measured voice of...
View ArticleState Stumbles Forward with Foster Care Privatization
Is the state agency charged with guarding Texas’ abused kids trying to privatize services needlessly? The Department of Family and Protective Services continues to push forward on a plan to bring on...
View ArticleReport: Foster Care Reforms Will Cost More Money
Texas is pushing ahead with controversial reforms to the scandal-plagued foster care system despite a recent report that the overhaul is over budget. A recent cost evaluation by state consultant...
View ArticleTexas Kids Living With Relatives Aren’t Getting State Support They’re Due
A quarter-million Texas children are living with family members other than their parents, and many aren’t getting the state and federal benefits they’re due, according to a report released Tuesday....
View ArticleThe State Considers Pausing Controversial Foster Care Reforms
Back in 2011, when Texas legislators announced their plan to improve the child welfare system through privatization, advocates expressed alarm. In 2013, after partial implementation of the plan, an...
View ArticleLawmakers Try to Bring Order to Disastrously Lax Foster Care Training System
This session, lawmakers are trying to fix one of the biggest gaps in the troubled foster care system: The training requirements for the majority of foster parents, kinship caregivers and adoptive...
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Closing the Gap: Seeking Better Care for Foster Kids in Texas
Reyna Mondragon grips her hands together as she speaks into the microphone. The dimple on her left cheek shows up as she punctuates her words. It is a Wednesday morning in mid-March and she’s sitting...
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