Texas leaders have publicly battled sex trafficking for more than a decade, but they’ve devoted hardly any resources to helping victims.
85th Legislative Session
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Trump target or not, Burton has carved unorthodox path in Senate
Sen. Konni Burton’s Senate career has been marked by a willingness to go her own way.
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Health care
Texas House bills lay out some initial plans to overhaul CPS
Texas representatives have filed legislation to start an overhaul of the the state’s Child Protective Services, following a crisis that has left thousands of kids at risk.
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Politics
After Super Bowl, NFL raises prospect of Texas “bathroom bill” impacting future games
An NFL spokesman on Friday said “discriminatory” proposals signed into law would be taken into consideration in awarding future events.
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Public Education
Texas parents: Help us understand your school choices
As we examine school choice proposals before the Legislature, The Texas Tribune wants to hear directly from families who would be affected by changing state and national policies.
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Demographics
Like the Texas Legislature at large, committee chairs are mostly white men
Most of the members of the Texas Legislature are white men — and so are the committee chairs.
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Politics
Texas Senate passes ethics reform and “sanctuary” cities bills (video)
Two of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items are already moving swiftly through the Texas Capitol.
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Here’s what the Texas school choice bill means in plain English
Last week, state Sen. Larry Taylor filed the leading school choice bill of the legislative session. But what would Senate Bill 3 actually do? We’ve annotated the text to explain in plain English how the bill would impact Texas families.
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Criminal Justice
Religious leaders turn to debate over Texas “bathroom bill”
While Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick huddled with pastors at an Austin church Thursday to discuss the proposed “bathroom bill,” other religious leaders organized at another church nearby to decry it as discriminatory.
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Health care
Nurse practitioners again push for independence
Multiple bills filed in the Texas Legislature are seeking to give certain Texas nurses independence from costly contracts with supervising physicians.
