Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...that about a dozen children had chicken pox, but CPS spokeswoman Marissa Gonzalez told the daily she had not..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

State Investigators Remove Children from FLDS' Texas Compound

"...The YFZ raid began Thursday night, after CPS received a call from a girl reporting alleged sexual..."

April 4, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Teacher Found Guilty of Injuring Child

Jurors find teacher at Hyde Park Baptist Church's day-care center intentionally injured at least one young child in her care

"...report to the Department of Child Protective Services. After CPS began investigating, center administrators began their own investigation and..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Emily Pyle

When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...accusations when they surfaced. And until Amber Braeckow called CPS on her own initiative, no one from the center..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Finds Endorsement 'Mind-Boggling'

"...courts, represented children and low-income families in divorce and CPS cases, and has handled criminal-defense appeals. As district judge..."

Nov. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Facts According to Swanson

"...fact is he lied, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2004.htm, Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2004: “According to Current..."

July 31, 2006 Postmarks

Small Victories

The Travis Co. Lege delegation closed shop with a few achievements

"...6. One reversed an immediate statewide rollout of privatizing CPS case management services; Naishtat achieved incremental implementation over two..."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

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Stand Out rally at the Capitol

"...Capitol Friday in reaction to an amendment made to CPS reform bill SB 6. Introduced by Rep. Robert Talton,..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...Something like this has to be done because the CPS track record is so abysmal, and the anecdotal evidence..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

From Schools to ... Nuts

The 79th Lege hasn't been here before – it only seems like it

"...review, Perry proposed $329 million in new funding to CPS that would bring monthly caseloads down into the 40s..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature

Top 10 State Stories

Our state leaders bumble through the year

"...leaders simultaneously shed crocodile tears over the understaffing at CPS and related agencies. The job cuts are a double..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Texas to investigate a case that I had with CPS that was "confirmed," yet was garbage. The caseworker was..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Child Protective Services Issues

"...Texas to investigate a case that I had with CPS that was "confirmed," yet was garbage. The caseworker was..."

Dec. 15, 2004 Postmarks

Out of the Shadow

Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?

"...did he visit me? And where the hell was CPS?), a rarely glimpsed shadow-man aided and abetted by a..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Our readers talk back.

"...by bringing to bear the number of problems with CPS ["Capitol Chronicle," News, Oct. 22]. Although I don't know..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column

Misunderstanding

"...by bringing to bear the number of problems with CPS ["Capitol Chronicle," News, Oct. 22]. Although I don't know..."

Oct. 26, 2004 Postmarks

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Republican honchos seek to influence route of public project in Bexar County.

"...CPS project manager Ralph Alonzo said Wendy Gramm attended a..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Juvenile Justice?

The fate of Lacresha Murray remains in a holding pattern as D.A. Ronnie Earle ponders how to proceed on a case that has brought him national criticism.

"...from parents or guardians before interviewing a child in CPS custody. The new law, signed by Gov. George W...."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

"...product development for City Public Services in San Antonio. CPS is set to launch its own green pricing program,..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...parents and to adopt. Even if they were, the CPS is there to weed out unfit people and place..."

April 2, 1999 Column

True to Their Cause

No More Turf Wars

"...lack of coordinated action among agencies, in this instance CPS and the Austin Police Dept...."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

County's Parsimonious Budget Plans Ockham's Razor

The New County Order

"...as an adjustment to rectify a 1993 increase in CPS funding, in anticipation of caseload increases that never happened...."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

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