MRT (sponsored by VitaBowl): State Fined $100k/Day for Foster Care Failures; Tesla Cuts 20% of Workforce; Another Body Found in Lady Bird Lake; Allred $ Ahead of Beto ’18; RIP Herbert Hunt
MRT (sponsored by VitaBowl): State Fined $100k/Day for Foster Care Failures; Tesla Cuts 20% of Workforce; Another Body Found in Lady Bird Lake; Allred $ Ahead of Beto ’18; RIP Herbert Hunt
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“Federal judge fines Texas child welfare agency $100k per day for foster care failures,” Texas Tribune's Karen Brooks Harper -- “A federal judge has ordered Texas health and human services officials to pay $100,000 per day in fines for routinely neglecting investigations into allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s beleaguered foster care system, according to a Monday order.
U.S. District Judge Janis Jack found Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Cecile E. Young in contempt of her court orders to fix the way the state investigates complaints by children in its care.
It is the third time the state has been held in contempt of court orders since a 2011 lawsuit was filed about foster care conditions in the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the child welfare arm of HHS.
The judge’s decision was prompted by the “continued recalcitrance” to conduct thorough, accurate and timely abuse, neglect, and exploitation investigations by the agency’s Provider Investigations unit, which investigates those allegations, the 427-page decision reads.
“As demonstrated by the stories of the children and PI’s failure to take any action to remedy the egregious flaws identified by the Monitors, PI represents a significant, systemic failure that increases the risk of serious harm [to the children].”
The fines levied against Texas will be lifted when the state can demonstrate that its investigations are in compliance. A hearing on that matter is set for late June.
Jack made her first ruling condemning the state foster care system in 2015, and three years later, the conservative Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed. Since then, she’s ordered several fixes over the years and continuously criticized the state for not complying with her orders." Texas Tribune
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DMN
TX TRIB: “State district judge recommends overturning Melissa Lucio's death sentence” Texas Tribune
AAS: “Why 18 attorneys general are backing Ken Paxton aide in professional misconduct complaint” AAS
SAEN: “Second body recovered near Lady Bird Lake within one week” SAEN
HOU CHRON: “Hidalgo seeks 'change' to Harris County's contract process” Houston Chronicle
AUSTIN BULLDOG: “Court halts $354 million development subsidy” Austin Bulldog
TX TRIB: “Colin Allred's fundraising for U.S. Senate race surpasses O'Rourke's early 2018 pace” Texas Tribune
EXTRA POINTS
Last night's Texas sports scores:
> MLB: Rangers 1, Tigers 0 DMN
> MLB: Braves 6, Astros 1 Hou Chron
Tonight's Texas sports schedule:
> 1:10pm: MLB: Rangers at Tigers (MLBN)
> 8:10pm: MLB: Braves at Astros
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HOUSTON ASTROS: “Houston Astros' Justin Verlander could make return this weekend" Houston Chronicle
TEXAS MEN'S BASKETBALL: “Texas basketball's Dillon Mitchell, Tyrese Hunter leaving Longhorns" AAS
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