Health workers and first responders hoped Texas might be awarded $1 million to buy an anti-overdose drug, but state officials never submitted the grant application.
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Higher Education
Texas foster youth struggle to get college degrees
Although Texas offers free tuition waivers and other benefits to ease foster youths’ transition to higher education, the number of students using the resources has declined.
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Politics
Report: Texas has closed most polling places since court ruling
A report shows Texas leads the nation in the number of polling places that have been closed since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down part of the Voting Rights Act.
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Public Education
Analysis: High property taxes start in Austin, not in school districts
State lawmakers complain that local property taxes need to be leashed. But state lawmakers are more responsible for the increases than they let on.
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Politics
Warring ads turn up heat on competitive Dallas County House race
An out-of-district house and a Child Protective Services vote are the topics of competing campaign materials from incumbent Republican Rep. Kenneth Sheets and his opponent, Democrat Victoria Neave.
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Politics
Dan Patrick offers faith-based plan to ease foster care crisis
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants faith-based communities to help find foster and adoptive homes for kids in need.
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Health care
Despite boasts, state has not blocked Planned Parenthood funds
Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials are largely silent on why they haven’t fulfilled their vow to cut off funds to women’s health programs offered to poor Texas women by Planned Parenthood.
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State Government
Analysis: Register to Vote and Give Yourself an Option for Election Day
Registering to vote doesn’t mean you have to vote, but not registering means you can’t. Tuesday is the deadline in Texas.
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Politics
Analysis: In Texas, Lawmakers Regulate Their Own Regulators
The Texas Ethics Commission regulates legislators. Legislators control the commission’s laws and budget. It’s a complicated relationship.
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Health care
East Texas Children Lose Therapy Services in Budget Cut Fallout
Lawmakers wanted the state to pay less for children’s therapy services without cutting off access to care, but that balance is proving impossible in some cases.
