Senate Bill 1489 proposes to ensure that school districts first utilize evidence-based truancy prevention measures designed to minimize the number of truant students sent to the courts.
Criminal Justice
Too many Houston crimes go unsolved. Here’s how to change that.
The latest HPD scandal underscores a national problem. Commit a crime, get caught and go to jail — directly to jail. It’s the justice lesson we learned growing up, but it’s far from reality in cities across the nation, where clearance rates are abominably low. News out of Houston is compounding the issue of unsolved crimes after the Houston...
April 24, 2024