Taylor Goldenstein
Austin Bureau Reporter at Chron
Austin Bureau Reporter at MYSA
Austin Bureau Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News
Austin bureau reporter @HoustonChron. 2014 Visiting Fellow @Harvard's @niemanfdn. Formerly @statesman @latimes @ChicagoTribune @TB_Times. Signal: 5122002910
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Taylor Goldenstein
Texas House lawmakers began sparring this week over a bill that would require voters to prove their citizenship before registering to vote, part of a national, GOP-led effort to further tighten voting restrictions. The proposal, which the Senate passed early this month, would require voters to provide a U.S. passport, certified copy of their birth certificate or citizenship papers in order to register to vote. Article continues below this adState Rep.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein
A bipartisan bill meant to clarify the emergency exception in Texas’ abortion ban is moving to the state Senate with revisions after an outcry from abortion rights activists who believed it would revive a 19th century law that criminalizes abortion seekers and anyone who tries to help them.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein
The Texas House on Tuesday voted to encourage state budget writers to give Attorney General Ken Paxton nearly $64,000 in back pay to cover the time that he was suspended while impeached. Under the Texas Constitution, any impeached official is suspended from their duties until there is a final decision in the case. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in May 2023 but acquitted months later by the Senate, meaning he went without pay for about three months. State Rep.
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1 month ago |
expressnews.com | Taylor Goldenstein
The Republican-led Texas House this week voted to earmark $210 million to a state fund that supports anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers over Democrats' objections that the program offers few tangible benefits. The Thriving Families program, formerly known as Alternatives to Abortion, is intended to promote childbirth and fund anti-abortion pregnancy counseling centers, though there is very little state oversight of the spending or outcomes.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein
For the past three decades, working parents in Texas who make below the state's median income have been eligible for financial help from the government to pay for daycare. But as the cost of raising children has exploded in recent years and the state has moved to force more people to carry out their pregnancies, demand for the subsidies has far surpassed supply.
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