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Texas lawmakers pull funding for child identification kits again after newsrooms report they don’t work
For the second time, lawmakers cut funding for kits meant to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...
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Backing Vouchers and Tax Cuts, Texas Lawmakers Fuel a Perfect Storm of Underfunding
Texas is hurtling toward fiscal instability, driven by a sweeping school voucher program and lawmakers’ support of massive, untargeted property tax cuts — both funded by fleeting ...
$8.5 billion Texas public education funding plan is now law. Here’s how it works.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools, offering relief to ...
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McKinney ISD budget cuts spark outcry from parents over loss of essential programs and staff
McManis is one of three mothers of McKinney ISD students CBS News Texas spoke with who have a lot to say about a letter from the superintendent outlining budget cuts that they believe could ...
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The looming crisis: How federal funding cuts threaten Texans’ mental health | Opinion
Drastic cuts to federal mental health funding and staffing have taken place, and Congress’s latest budget reconciliation package put future cuts to Medicaid on the table. Among Texas nonprofits ...
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Measles cases in Texas continue to grow. Trump’s funding cuts could make it worse
A surge in measles cases across West Texas has raised concerns amongst officials about the potential for outbreaks of preventable diseases across the US due to funding cuts for public health ...
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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US
In Texas and elsewhere, this helped set the stage for the measles outbreak and fueled its spread. Now cuts to federal funding threaten ... Vaccines for Children, a safety-net program created ...