The Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justice motioned for the improvement of mental health services in county jails on Wednesday, citing the highly publicized and controversial death of Sandra Bland, an activist against police brutality who was reported to have committed suicide following her arrest after a traffic stop in July 2015. Though the committee […]

The outlook for foster children in Texas is grim as the state struggles to manage budget insufficiencies and an influx in kids taken from their homes. For the second time since 2007-08, foster children have been forced to sleep in the offices of Child Protective Services, according to a piece by The Dallas Morning News […]

AUSTIN — As of New Years Day, licensed gun owners in Texas have been allowed to openly carry firearms into restaurants, shops and zoos. (Article by Rick Jervis, republished from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/08/texas-open-carry-psychiatric-hospital/78522138/) Add a new place to the gun-friendly list: state mental health hospitals. Visitors to one of Texas’ 10 state mental health hospitals will be allowed to openly carry weapons into […]