211 Data: Austin-area residents struggling to make ends meet
We believe that every Texas family has the right to live a safe and healthy life. That means stable housing, nutritious food on the table,
We believe that every Texas family has the right to live a safe and healthy life. That means stable housing, nutritious food on the table,
Last Friday was a double-feature for Capitol watchers and health care fans, but the policy in the spotlight will touch every Texan. Chairman Pitts of
Texas school cafeterias served over 300 million breakfasts in the 2011-2012 school year to an average of 1.6 million kids per day across over 8,000
This session, the Economic Opportunity team has been tracking legislation that will affect financial aid, developmental and adult basic education, and career readiness and skills
Stay up with what the cool kids are watching. A study on wealth inequality went viral on YouTube this week. Dan Ariely, best-selling author of
“Helping needy families with children is both in their interest and in ours as a society. One way we help is through cash assistance for
“Texans believe in hard work that leads to a secure retirement. We provide our public servants a secure retirement through a decent pension. At the
By Jeanie Donovan It’s been a busy couple months at the Texas Capitol and a handful of bills related to SNAP (formerly food stamps) have
This week, I testified “on” SB 758 in a Senate Finance committee hearing because there are compelling reasons for and against undoing the Foundation School Program
“As the nation mourns for the lives lost and traumatized by the tragedies in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Tucson, Ariz., and College Station, people are
By Jeanie Donovan To promote the successful rehabilitation and reentry of ex-drug offenders, Texas must join the 41 states that have passed legislation eliminating or
The Texas House has approved the first of a few supplemental spending bills that will be enacted for state fiscal 2013, which ends this August.