$20 Million State Grant Comes Through for Indigent Defense

Texas Indigent Defense Commission approves four-year grant to create public defender’s office

"...stakeholders on all sides are celebrating last week's Texas Indigent Defense Commission grant award to Travis County. "I'm super..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Judges Want to Overhaul Indigent Defense

County judges move to reform criminal defense practice

"...should guide the delivery of criminal defense for the indigent is that the "public defense function, including the selection,..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Process for the Indigent

No more “locked up for being poor”?

"...guidance on how to hand out alternative sentences to indigent defendants who are unable or struggling to pay their..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Approaches to Indigent Care

"...Haven for Hope will be a model for concentrated indigent care, in contrast to Austin's dispersed services. As a..."

Aug. 30, 2009 Postmarks

County Pushes Public Defender Plan Forward

Commissioners Court votes to proceed with indigent defense office – but not everybody's happy about it

"...dissenting). If approved, the grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission would, beginning next year, draw down nearly..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council Takes Action on Municipal Court Reform

City has 90 days to evaluate how it handles indigent defendants

"...holes in the Austin Muni­cipal Court that are sending indigent defendants to jail. The resolution, authored by Council Member..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Beside the Point: Represent, Represent

County commissioners consider the right form of indigent defense

"...applications for a Holistic Defense Grant through the Texas Indigent Defense Com­mission that Travis County has been awarded for..."

April 27, 2018 News Column by Chase Hoffberger

Public Defender Proposal Submitted to the State

Judges sign off on county application for funding of PDO

"...of the county’s amended grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, for the creation of a Public Defender's..."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

State Grant Approved for Public Defender Office

New era in Travis County indigent defense to begin next year

"...On Thursday, Travis County received word that the Texas Indigent Defense Commission has approved a four-year grant of matching..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Commissioners Court to Decide Next Step in Proposed Public Defender’s Office

May 7 vote scheduled to approve grant proposal to fund new indigent defense office

"...and advance a grant proposal to the state-funded Texas Indigent Defense Com­mission that would help underwrite establishing a public..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Denzel Washington is a lawyer who goes rogue

"...as Washington, who plays a prominent pro bono and indigent attorney’s No. 2, must reluctantly step into the spotlight..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Memoirs of a Geisha

Well, we’re not in Chicago anymore, or even its soundstage approximation, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a sort-of) show business.

"...a Geisha charts the impressive rise of a fishing-village indigent who, sold into servitude, eventually conquers her chief rival..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hero

"...offered to find him. Enter John Bubber (Garcia), an indigent Vietnam vet who matches the description and steps in..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Search of Greater Justice With a Travis County Public Defender’s Office

Taking steps toward a much improved, more equitable local criminal justice system

"...Commissioners Court forwarded a grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the creation of a Travis County..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

In Texas Courtrooms, a Fair Legal Defense is Often an Empty Promise

"...Court equivalent, Tom Phillips, about the matter of state-supported indigent defense: that is, legal assistance and representation for poor..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Health Scare

Citizen Group Looks Out for Health Clinics

"...The Indigent Care Work Team includes citizens from various health fields..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Travis County Revisits Creating Public Defenders’ Office

Legal panel ponders questions pondered many times before

"...early by Geoff Burkhart, executive director of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission: “The key is money.” On that score,..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Mum's the Word

Blind Oversight

"...make certain that Brackenridge is still accessible to the indigent community that most needs it. We're the eyes and..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Council Watch

"...had run afoul of the council's oft-repeated commitment to indigent care at Brackenridge...."

April 28, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Travis County Tries to Fix Its Public Defense Problems

But advocates warn about the middleman

"...to design their own patchwork of public defense for indigent clients with little help from the state, which has..."

June 23, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Support Remains for a Travis County Public Defenders' Office

Local judges, community leaders on what needs to happen to create a new office

"...years. As Geoff Burkhart, executive director of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, noted early on: "The key is money."..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Asked Again

Commissioners Court again considers a public defender's office

"...the creation of a public defender's office to represent indigent adults charged with crimes. County Judge Sam Biscoe says..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

The Have Nots

One Family's Plight

"...Mike Abkowitz, so maximizing Medicaid receipts essentially lessened the indigent care burden for local government and placed more of..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Who's Minding the Clinics?

City/County Divided on Public Health

"...proudly points out, a wealth of social services for indigent county residents are crammed into these humble buildings. "You..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

County Names Its First Chief Public Defender

Commissioners Court appoints University of Virginia Law School lecturer Adeola Ogunkeyede to lead office

"...concluded with a $20 million grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (matched by the county), which will underwrite..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Fred Lewis, Friends of “the Poor” Go to War on Central Health

Is there a doctor in the house?

"...Texas, specifically the care of underserved populations and the indigent. Among other things, the proposition promised "improved healthcare in..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Locked Up for Being Poor

City accused of unlawfully jailing indigent defendants over unpaid fines

"...of the City Auditor on alternatives to incarceration for indigent defendants at the Downtown court...."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for UTMB campus at Mueller

"...could figure prominently in the hospital district's delivery of indigent health care services. University of Texas medical officials are..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...to provide mental health services to the county's medically indigent population -- and through the court system, until the..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...to be surprised at some positive developments. An ambitious indigent defense bill (vetoed last session by Bush in a..."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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