Texas continues to debate its policy of randomly testing student athletes for steroid use especially after it was reported last month that only 2 students tested positive out of a total of 10,000 students tested. GritsforBreakfast recently offered some of the pros and cons of these random tests.
Since I’ve argued against continued steroid testing [...]
The Houston Chronicle reported that Texas child welfare workers are unable to meet their federally mandated number of visits with children and parents leading to difficulties with the federal government.
Texas already is appealing a $4 million fine for insufficient caseworker visits stemming from a 2002 review. Preliminary results released last month from a 2008 review [...]
In a follow up to yesterday’s post, Reuters and Grits for Breakfast announced today that a Texas grand jury indicted 6 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints yesterday. The leader of the church, Warren Jeffs, was charged with sexually assaulting a child, a charge that could lead to [...]
The Houston Chronicle reported today that FLDS members were called to testify before a grand jury today. Members may face indictment on charges of child abuse. However, the women called in to testify are refusing to do so by pleading the fifth amendment. For background information on this case, please check out [...]
In an update to our July 12 post Sunset on TYC? A Timeline and Update, the Houston Chronicle reported that the conservator of the Texas Youth Commission urged Governor Rick Perry to end the TYC’s conservatorship by July 31.
The conservator of the Texas Youth Commission has told Gov. Rick Perry that the embattled state juvenile [...]
