TX: Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
How Trump Budget Proposal Could Impact Texas Kids
AUSTIN, Texas - The Trump administration's proposed 2021 budget takes aim at a number of safety-net programs, including $21 billion in cuts to the …
Study: Texas Needs Alternatives to Sending Women to Prison
AUSTIN, Texas – Prison reform advocates say too many of the 12,000 women in Texas prisons don't need to be behind bars. A study by the …
Kids' Advocates Blast State’s Appeal of Foster-Care Ruling
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Children's advocates are crying foul after state officials appealed a federal judge's ruling mandating numerous …
Texas Coalition Calls Gun Violence a Public Health Issue
AUSTIN, Texas -- Another deadly mass shooting, this time in a south Texas town, has some state legislators seeking to recast the debate over gun …
New Texas Law Enables Comprehensive Rape Kit Reform
AUSTIN, Texas — With the passage of a bill establishing a tracking system for evidence in sexual-assault cases, Texas has become the first …
Report: Critical Need for More, Better-Trained Foster Parents
AUSTIN, Texas – There is a critical need for more and better-trained foster parents to care for children whose lives have been turned upside …
Hotline Assists Texas Crime Victims with Legal Needs
AUSTIN, Texas -- Victims of violent crime in Texas, particularly victims of domestic abuse, have a strong advocate to help them with legal issues …
Texas Legal Hotline Opens for Sexual Assault Survivors
AUSTIN, Texas - Survivors of sexual assault in Texas now have access to a hotline to help them deal with the legal issues they may encounter …
Legal Advice Free to Texas Veterans This Week
DALLAS – You might say this entire week is Veterans Day for current and former service members in Texas who have legal questions. Through …
Hundreds March in Dilley Protesting Family Detentions
AUSTIN, Texas - Several hundred immigrant rights advocates rallied in Dilley, Texas, on Saturday to call for an end to family detentions. The …
The Proliferation of Pornography: What's a Parent To Do?
AUSTIN, Texas - This generation of teens is hardly the first to check out pornography, but experts say the easy access to it today via technology …
Preventing Sexual Assault: Colleges and Men Urged to Lead
AUSTIN, Texas – With an estimated one-in-five women sexually assaulted during college, a new effort is under way to help schools do a better …