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May 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Evicted and Helpless
Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center
"...As a single mother, Carol Cook shoulders the weight of parenthood alone. When her son Jason developed behavioral disorders..."
Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Senate Budget Lesser of Two Evils
Reps from both chambers commence to thrash out final numbers
"...The 82nd session of the Texas Legislature will end as it began: with..."
May 13, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Abbott and the Hare
AG Greg Abbott finally fines the manager of an unlicensed old people's home, three years after the initial report.
"...against an unlicensed assisted living facility in Austin. “The Office of the Attorney General is committed to Texas seniors,”..."
Aug. 20, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools
Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature
"...got plaudits yesterday for asking legislators to fast-track reform of the state school system (it's a misnomer: It's actually..."
Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center to close seven homes
"...that their son Justin, who suffers from severe autism, and roughly 70 other people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,..."
Aug. 11, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma
Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System
25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies
"...Back in July, news broke out of North Austin that a 90-year-old resident of a nursing..."
Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Senate Votes to Close Austin State Supported Living Center
Despite guardian opposition, Senate passes bill to close Austin SSLC
"...Against the wishes of dozens of family members of the intellectually and physically..."
April 14, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma
Guardians Sue DADS
Families head to court in a last-ditch attempt to keep loved ones at Austin SSLC
"...After months of protesting and petitions, guardians of disabled Austin State Supported..."
Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
So Much for Transparency
When will Texans find out what happened at Lubbock State School?
"...The House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics heard four hours of testimony Wednesday about a..."
April 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
More Tragedy in West Texas
While the Legislature starts to tackle the systemic problems at TYC, critical failings at the Department of Aging and Disability Services are new being exposed.
"...for tragedy. On Thursday the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services took testimony from Department of Aging and..."
April 2, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
What Happened With 'Chronicle' Endorsements
"...When a local news channel called this the "parks and prisons" proposal I knew something was awry. Indeed, the..."
Oct. 29, 2007 Postmarks
On the Lege: Itty Bitty Steps
Minority Dems savor a few budget victories, and other news from the Capitol
"...losing than winning on issues relating to public education and health care, scored big on both counts during the..."
April 6, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
Fighting Injustice
"...last, an investigative reporter who writes about the actions of lawmakers and state agencies and the dire effects they..."
Dec. 16, 2014 Postmarks
Ike Update: The State Response
Preparations for landfall continue.
"...Hurricane Ike looking Corpus Christi-bound, here's the quick highlights of the state's preparations:..."
Sept. 10, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?
State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency
"...this session has been devoted to reforming the battered, scandal-plagued, and discredited Texas Youth Commission. But as the relevant..."
May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
"...Quote of the Week "Clean darky." – KVET deejay Sammy Allred,..."
March 9, 2007 News Feature
Headlines
"...initiative continues tonight, New Year's Eve, so don't drink and drive (as if you needed another reason)...."
Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature
Texas Activists Rattle Cages Over Shabby Jails
Austin-based inmates' rights group hopes to shine daylight on inhumane conditions and mismanagement in county jails
"...With the Texas Youth Commission scandal and a damning U.S. Justice Department inquiry into the..."
Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center cottages to be shuttered
"...years, but he doesn't know it – a cognitive disability prevents Justin from being fully aware...."
Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Headlines
"...its Washington, D.C., bureau April 1, 2009, as part of a series of cost-cutting measures that includes unloading the..."
Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature
LegeLines
School finance, evolution, secession, and more
"...current session. That includes $3.4 billion for the Health and Human Services Commission for Medicaid and the Children's Health..."
Feb. 15, 2013 News Column
Reproductive Health Care: Same Story, New Target
Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session
"...to destroy after eviscerating both women's health care funding and abortion access over the past two sessions, they somehow..."
June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Quote of the Week "Guinness is the drink that kept the..."
