Beth Cortez-Neavel

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5Houston City Employees are Fighting to Uphold Marriage Equality in Texas

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4Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

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4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

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6‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

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5Going It Alone

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Beth Cortez-Neavel

By Beth Cortez-Neavel:

Stories

Closing the Gap: Seeking Better Care for Foster Kids in Texas

by Beth Cortez-Neavel | Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:00 am CST

Cindy Burkett foster care

Politics

Lawmakers Try to Bring Order to Disastrously Lax Foster Care Training System

Wed, Mar 11, 2015 |

Responding to the deaths of 13 children under the protection of licensed caregivers, the legislature is considering more oversight of foster care agencies. Read More

Health Care

The State Considers Pausing Controversial Foster Care Reforms

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 |

The House and Human Services Committee is asking that the state temporarily stop the rollout of controversial reforms to the foster care system in Texas. Read More

CPPP chart on kinship care benefits

Economy

Texas Kids Living With Relatives Aren’t Getting State Support They’re Due

Tue, Dec 16, 2014 |

According to a new report, a quarter-million Texas children are living with family members other than their parents, but aren’t getting the state and federal benefits they’re due. Read More

John Specia

Health Care

Report: Foster Care Reforms Will Cost More Money

Thu, Oct 16, 2014 |

A new report concludes that controversial foster care reforms will likely cost Texas more money. Read More

swings

Politics

State Stumbles Forward with Foster Care Privatization

Tue, Sep 9, 2014 |

Is the state agency charged with guarding Texas' abused kids trying to privatize foster care services for no reason? Read More

Health Care

Fostering Neglect

Texas’ foster care reforms were supposed to fix a deadly system. Instead, they might make it worse.

Thu, May 29, 2014 |

Texas’ foster care reforms were supposed to fix a deadly system. Instead, they might make it worse. Read More

F. Scott McCown

Human Rights

Advocates, State Officials Fight Over Foster Care System Overhaul

Thu, Apr 17, 2014 |

Depending on whom you ask, Texas is either rushing to implement potentially disastrous changes to its foster care system or taking bold action to fix serious problems. Read More

A water tower marked for UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Education

Laid-Off UT-Brownsville Faculty Sue, Claiming School Ignored their Tenure Rights

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Fri, Feb 21, 2014 |

Three professors filed a suit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, escalating a two-year battle over tenure rights. Read More

Politics

Photos From Wendy Davis’ Filibuster and the Senate Battle Over Anti-Abortion Bill

Wed, Jun 26, 2013 |

With the Texas Senate poised to approve one of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the country, the crowd took over. Read More

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