Nearly 90 percent of Texas schools are enrolled in TRS-ActiveCare. Some say the program saves teachers money, though complaints are growing about the state’s stagnant per-month contribution.
Marilyn Haigh
Marilyn Haigh was an engagement fellow at the Tribune. She graduated from the University of Missouri, where she studied multimedia journalism and international relations. Previously, she interned at Reuters in Brussels, NBC News and the Columbia Missourian.
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Why does Texas have so many counties? A history lesson.
Texas has 254 counties — far more than any other state. The reason? The state is huge, and its founders wanted to keep residents close to their local governments.
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Families Divided
What’s happening at the border? Here’s what we know about immigrant children and family separations
More than 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the border. Here’s the latest on what’s happening at the border, in Washington and among Texas politicians.
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This Texas nonprofit houses nearly half of America’s undocumented children in custody
Austin-based Southwest Key Programs has been paid hundreds of millions of dollars to care for thousands of immigrant children in federal custody. Founder Juan Sanchez says about 10 percent of the children the nonprofit cares for were separated from their parents.
