Parents brought their special needs children to a Senate hearing room to ask lawmakers to stop cutting services for their kids
85th Legislative Session
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Health care
Texas Gov. Abbott’s statewide hiring freeze comes with some exceptions
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday imposed an immediate hiring freeze on state agencies through the end of August. His office said Tuesday that the Department of Family and Protective Services is among those exempted from it.
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Politics
At Texas Muslim Capitol Day, supporters form human shield around demonstrators
Participants in Tuesday’s Texas Muslim Capitol Day were protected by a massive human circle made up of at least 1,000 supporters.
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Politics
In State of State, Abbott imposes hiring freeze, declares 4 issues “emergencies”
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked lawmakers to immediately take on so-called “sanctuary cities,” the state’s broken child welfare system and a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution.
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Watch live as Gov. Greg Abbott delivers his State of the State address
Before a joint session of the Texas House and Senate, Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to lay out his agenda for the session and designate some issues as emergency items. Watch our livestream beginning at 11 a.m. CST.
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Criminal Justice
Juvenile justice advocates look to raise age of criminal responsibility to 18
Seventeen-year-olds can’t vote, join the military or buy cigarettes or alcohol, but they’re treated as adults in criminal cases in Texas. About 200 people rallied at the Capitol on Monday to change that.
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Health care
Texas lawmakers fired up about state CPS and foster care woes
On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee scrutinized Department of Family and Protective Services budget requests while the House Workgroup on Child Protective Services floated a proposal to make the department a standalone agency.
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Politics
School choice bill pitches savings accounts, tax credit scholarships
Sen. Larry Taylor on Monday filed Senate Bill 3, which pushes education savings accounts and tax credit scholarships to subsidize private school tuition and other education expenses.
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Public Education
Analysis: What we talk about when we talk about school vouchers
The debate over education savings accounts and other voucher programs is only peripherally about educating kids. It’s really a debate about money.
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State Government
In State of the State address, Abbott to fill in some blanks
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s second State of the State speech is set for Tuesday — a chance for the governor to make his priorities known to a Legislature that has already made plans of its own.
