Local elected officials and civil rights groups urged legislators at a committee hearing today to implement more programs for women and girls in Texas prisons and jails.
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Criminal Justice
Case Open
Hank Skinner is set to be executed for a 1993 murder he’s always maintained he didn’t commit. He wants the state to test whether his DNA matches evidence found at the scene, but prosecutors say the time to contest his conviction has come and gone. He has less than a month to change their minds.
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Public Education
Charter Churn
Teachers quit Texas charter schools at nearly three times the rate of traditional public school districts, according to state data. Dozens of individual schools lost well over half their teachers in the latest year.
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Economy
TribBlog: Where’s the Stimulus?
Texas ranks poorly among the states when it comes to letting taxpayers know how it’s using federal stimulus dollars, according to a report released today by several nonprofit public interest groups.
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State Government
TribBlog: Advocates Want DOJ To Probe State School Firings
Advocates for people with disabilities want the U.S. Justice Department to investigate state employees who were fired for abuse, but never criminally prosecuted for it.
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State Government
The Brief: January 22, 2010
How will Thursday’s shooting change security guidelines at the Capitol?
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State Government
Who’s Got What
A review of campaign finance reports for the period from July to December 2009 reveals that some candidates for the Texas House are capable of raising serious money.
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State Government
TribBlog: Perry Commends DPS Troopers Who Nabbed Capitol Shooter
A man entered Sen. Dan Patrick’s office, then fired shots outside the Capitol. No injuries have been reported.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Abbott launches trafficking task force
Twenty percent of the nation’s 17,000 human trafficking victims each year come through Texas, and Attorney General Greg Abbott said today the state should take the lead in collaboration among agencies to fight the scourge of modern-day slavery.
