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Torrington Properties is working on multiple projects in Portsmouth. The developer says proposed condo units will be modestly priced.

Texas foster care crisis worsens, with fast-growing numbers of children sleeping in offices, hotels, churches July 21, 2021 0 comment Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors. Prince Hayward was 6 or 7 years old the first time he spent the night on an office floor. Hayward was ushered into a common area, and a caseworker fished out a mat for him to sleep on. His parents had lost temporary custody of him — again. The caseworker moved to another room, and Hayward lay there under the fluorescent l...

Biden administration threatens to sue after Texas officials say they’ll yank licenses from facilities housing unaccompanied migrant children A federal attorney claims an order from Gov. Greg Abbott violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and said legal action could follow if the state carries through with plans to pull licenses from the federally contracted facilities. Gregory Bull/AP FILE - Migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua sit in line after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, May 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. The Biden administrati...

Texas lawmakers didn't provide rate increases for caring for foster children across most of the state, disappointing providers who warn of a capacity...

Texas officials knew foster children were illegally placed in an unsafe shelter. It didn’t end until a whistleblower came forward. Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  , our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas state officials, including those in Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, knew for months that foster children were being illegally housed in an emergency shelter cited hundreds of times for dangerous conditions — but failed to report the violation to court-appointed watchdogs tasked with monitoring the state’s foster care system, according t...