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Despite Lawmaker Fears Of A Revenue Shortfall, Texas' $250 Billion Budget Avoided Major Cuts tpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Austin American-Statesman Letters to the editor: June 13, 2021 statesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Raises for state employees in new budget? Only for select law enforcement and correctional officers A state employee union leader and a disability rights activist lambaste the budget as miserly, especially to care attendants who help elderly Texans. Practically the only state workers who will receive pay bumps in the newly passed Texas state budget are several thousand law enforcement officers and some prison guards – just a fraction of the more than 200,000 Texans whose jobs depend on the budget.(Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto) 6:30 PM on Jun 3, 2021 CDT AUSTIN When the newly passed state budget takes effect in September, practically the only state workers who will receive pay bumps are several thousand law enforcement officers and some prison guards just a fraction of the more than 200,000 Texans whose jobs depend on the budget. ....
Democratic lawmakers wanted to replace a defunded agency by creating a new office that would look at health inequities across the state. But after Republicans pulled it into ongoing debates about transgender rights and critical race theory, the bill died in the Senate. ....
Pharmacist Ilana Druker gives a vaccine to Beverly Mills, a teacher at Houston Independent School District’s Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. A proposal that recently died in the Legislature would have created an office to track health outcomes for Texans. Credit: May-Ying Lam for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When the state’s Office of Minority Health Statistics and Engagement was defunded in 2017, no one could have predicted a massive pandemic would emerge three years later one that disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and disabled Texans, among other marginalized people. ....