(Austin)–State Representative Garnet F. Coleman (D-Houston) detailed the specific ways that the cuts made to the Children’s Health Insurance Program in 2003 led to hundreds of thousands of children losing their health coverage. The cuts in 2003 came as a result of the passage of House Bill 2292, as well Read more…
House Appropriations will be taking public testimony today on TSU after all the universities and colleges on the schedule (which you can read by clicking here) have appeared. I expect the committee will take public testimony sometime between 12pm-2pm. I’ll be sure to continue posting updates as I get them.
The state’s leading mental health advocates are calling on House and Senate leaders to address the critical need for public mental health services by investing $82.3 million in proven crisis and crisis-avoidance services recommended by Texas experts and requested by the Texas Department of State Health Services. “A broad and Read more…
(Houston)//–State Representative Garnet F. Coleman (D-Houston) called for an end to tuition deregulation following the recent announcement by State Comptroller Susan Combs that the Texas Tomorrow Fund is facing a projected funding shortfall of $3.3 billion over the next twenty years. “Families that have invested in the Texas Tomorrow Fund Read more…