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Legislature focuses on foster care fixes (video)

This week, state lawmakers in the House and Senate advanced different ways to overhaul the foster care system.

by Alana Rocha and Justin Dehn

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In the Texas Political Roundup: State lawmakers advance different ways to fix foster care, a judge throws out the federal securities fraud charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Texas Supreme Court hears arguments on whether certain same-sex spouses should be extended benefits.

 

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Alana Rocha

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