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It’s been more than two months now since the Republican-crafted budget cuts began to take effect. Belatedly, Texas newspapers are filling their pages with social service horror stories. Local reporters who failed to follow state politics closely are learning an appalling truth: the decisions made in Austin during the last legislative session are going to […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402