Taylor Goldenstein

Austin

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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Struggling Texas families often wait months for help accessing child care

2 weeks 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.
Judge awards $6.7M to whistleblowers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

A Travis County judge has awarded $6.7 million to four whistleblowers who were fired after they reported Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI for alleged corruption. In a judgment late Friday, Judge Catherine Mauzy ruled that a "preponderance of the evidence" showed Paxton had violated the Texas Whistleblower Act by firing the employees in retaliation for their allegations that he had abused the office to help a campaign donor.
Texas AG Ken Paxton touts report that DOJ officials declined to prosecute him

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sounded triumphant on Thursday over a report that the Department of Justice had declined to prosecute him as part of a corruption investigation ahead of former President Joe Biden leaving office. "Even the corrupt Biden DOJ knew this bogus witch hunt was politically motivated nonsense, which is why it was closed in the finals (sic) hours of the failed Biden Administration," Paxton wrote on X.
Ken Paxton's impeachment trial cost taxpayers $5M, state auditor says

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

State auditors have officially estimated the cost to taxpayers for the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton at over $5 million. The state's cost has been a major talking point for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other hardline conservatives who argued the bribery and abuse of office case against Paxton was improperly and unfairly carried out.Paxton was impeached in late 2023 by the GOP-run Texas House but acquitted by the more conservative Senate months later.
Judges shuts down Houston midwife's clinics after illegal abortion allegations

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

A Texas court has temporarily shut down a group of Houston-area clinics run by a midwife accused of performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without a license. Waller County Judge Gary W. Chaney on Tuesday signed an order blocking Maria Margarita Rojas and her employees from providing any medical services, including abortion.
Mayra Guillén, sister of Vanessa Guillén, plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Al Green

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

Mayra Guillén, the older sister of U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén who was killed at Fort Cavazos near Killeen in 2020, plans to make her political debut by launching a challenge against longtime U.S. Rep. Al Green of Houston. Guillén, who has never held public office, has become an outspoken advocate for reforming the military's handling of sexual harassment and assault cases since her sister's death. In 2021, she founded an advocacy group called the I am Vanessa Guillén Foundation.
What happens next to Sylvester Turner's seat in Congress?

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's sudden death Tuesday night was met with shock by many in Houston, where the longtime mayor had led the city through several difficult periods, including Hurricane Harvey and the COVID-19 pandemic. It also raised immediate questions about the future of his congressional seat, long a Democratic stronghold. Turner had just won his first term representing the 18th Congressional District in November and was not up for reelection until late 2026.
These Texas teachers lost pay when taking parental leave. They aren't alone.

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Taylor Goldenstein

One night last March, Casey Candee opened a letter from the Friendswood Independent School District and was stunned by what she read. The third-grade teacher, who was eight months pregnant at the time, immediately snapped a photo of it and texted her childhood best friend and teaching partner. "What is this?" she remembers typing in bewilderment. "Why am I not being paid until July?"Candee's friend, Brandy Mertz, knew all too well - the same thing was happening to her.
Texas Senate passes bills targeting Harris County that would keep more defendants in jail

2 months ago | msn.com | Isaac Yu |Taylor Goldenstein

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Texas Senate votes to tighten bail laws with bill targeting Harris County

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Isaac Yu |Taylor Goldenstein

The Texas Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to pass new criminal justice legislation that would further restrict cashless bail and keep more defendants in jail, including people who are living in the country illegally. Republican leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, have made it clear the changes primarily target Harris County.