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The new foster parents opened the door last September to a child they can only describe as feral. At 3, he was obese, his brown saucer eyes shell-shocked, his chocolate skin pocked with a rash the CPS caseworker dismissed as eczema but a doctor later said was likely mites burrowing below. His shoes were two sizes too small, and he possessed one toy: a miniature motorcycle, broken. He had but two words, not in his own tongue, but that of the previous foster placement in Wharton County. Más and lu…
over 8 years ago
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Many of us are familiar with the Texas law that requires ordinary citizens to report suspected child abuse. And we know there’s a higher standard for teachers, doctors and other professionals, who must report it within 48 hours. Failure to do so is a Class A misdemeanor. One would assume that the state agency whose primary mission is to protect children would be duty-bound as well. That was a lingering question - for me and for readers - after Sunday’s column describing a Child Protective Servic…
over 8 years ago
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For years, educators, parents and journalists, including me, have puzzled over why Texas...
about 8 years ago
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Tone deaf. That’s the term Paul Bettencourt – Republican state senator and self-appointed fiscal hawk over all things government - used to describe Harris County’s decision last week to pour $105 million into refurbishing the Astrodome. I do see his overall point. On its face, the announcement doesn’t sound right to many people expecting the county government to prioritize flooding prevention and mitigation over the resurrection of a 53-year-old sports stadium that hasn’t been fit for occupancy…
over 6 years ago
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If Sarah Davis goes, Texas may not be far behind. A bit dramatic, perhaps. But the thought has crossed my mind a few times as I follow the shenanigans in a primary bid to challenge Davis, a moderate old-school Republican, one of the last of her kind in the Texas House. Many Texas political observers were in despair when fellow moderate House Speaker Joe Straus announced his exit after doing the Lord’s work in blistering sessions of culture war politics, headlined by the bathroom bill. Many wonde…
over 6 years ago
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This column has been edited throughout to reflect that Brown does not face a June 8 deadline to apply for state compensation. The columnist had previously reported, based on statements from Brown’s attorneys, that the statute of limitations on the petition began running nearly three years ago when Brown was released. But the state comptroller’s office has since confirmed that, under current law, the clock would only start for Brown if and when he meets requirements including a dec…
over 6 years ago
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Moments after Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh’s trial ended with him convicted and sentenced in the 2013 rape of an incapacitated female patient at Ben Taub county hospital, he was seen enjoying lunch with this family on a sunny courthouse patio in downtown Houston. Sheikh got 10 years’ probation, the maximum allowed, and he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. But the fact that he escaped jail time and had a $10,000 fine waived by a Harris County jury outraged people across the nation.…
about 6 years ago
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He was 11. He was three blocks from home. He was stabbed 20 times in broad daylight. For three years, nobody knew who did it. For three years, Josue Flores’ family went without justice. For three years, the community of near Northside lived in fear and frustration. “There wasn’t a day that people did not speak about it,” said activist Stella Mireles, who was inspired by Josue’s death to start the Safe Walk Home program for the neighborhood’s schoolchildren. “You saw the children walking home and…
over 5 years ago
houstonchronicle.com
There’s no stronger signal, save closing the schools, that we’re in uncharted...
over 4 years ago
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Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to cast blame on others for Dallas salon owner’s
jailing,...
over 4 years ago
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I celebrate the Fourth of July even as I mourn the loss of independence for
Texas women,...
over 2 years ago
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