AUSTIN — The Senate unanimously passed a two-year, $308 billion state budget on Monday that focuses on property tax cuts, mental health, the power grid and wage increases for state employees and teachers. While senators would spend several billion more state discretionary dollars than the House, they would still leave more than $17 billion on…
Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers informed about the most important news from Texas. The Texas Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would create a $15 million “innovation grants” program designed to expand access to mental health services for children and families across the state. . Senate…
AUSTIN — Foster children who have been sexually abused are being placed in rooms alongside youths flagged for a history of sexual assault and the state is doing nothing about it, a judge ruled Wednesday. federal. Texas has a checkered history when it comes to foster care, with multiple condemnations of its system with blue…
