Politics
Some Texas child abuse investigations for gender-affirming care put on hold again
Posted on · The ruling doesn’t apply to all families, but does halt investigations into some families as the case continues.
Tag: child abuse
LGBTQ
Texas Supreme Court rules investigations into gender-affirming care can continue
Posted on · The state’s high court allowed the investigations to continue but said the Texas Department of Family Protective Services is not bound by Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s orders.
Houston Matters
Dealing with the BA.2 subvariant of COVID, and investigating parents for providing gender-affirming care (March 31, 2022)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: How local public health officials are dealing with the even more contagious BA.2 strain of the omicron variant of COVID-19, and what gets set into motion and what authority CPS has when it investigates parents for providing gender-affirming care.
Criminal Justice
Houston cop arrested and charged with possession of child pornography
Posted on · 29-year-old Justin Weber, who has served in the Houston Police Department since 2016, was relieved of duty on Tuesday following a two-month long investigation.
LGBTQ
A Texas judge blocks the state from investigating parents of transgender youth
Posted on · The judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.
Abortion
How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest
Posted on · The Texas law has no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest. Social workers say that's hurting some survivors financially, psychologically and physically.
Criminal Justice
Felony charges filed against a woman and her boyfriend in the death of the woman’s child
Posted on · The mother of the children, Gloria Williams, 35, and her boyfriend, Brian Coulter, 31, were arrested on Tuesday and hit with felony charges.
Houston Matters
Investigation: Nearly 90 Texas Children Died In Day Care Over The Past Decade
Posted on · The investigative report also found that more than 450 children were sexually abused in day cares across the state.
Houston Matters
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Shares Her Story
Posted on · Houstonian Jeanne Celestine Lakin discusses her memoir, A Voice in the Darkness, about surviving the Rwandan genocide.
News
Report: Drugs Or Alcohol Factor Into Half Of Texas Child Abuse And Neglect Deaths
Posted on · The number of Texas children dying from abuse and neglect decreased by 22.5 percent in fiscal year 2017, according to a state report, but drug and alcohol use among caregivers is still leading to deaths from trauma, accidental smothering while sleeping and auto accidents, among other causes.
News
Child Abuse Deaths In Texas Increased 30 Percent In One Year
Posted on · New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows Texas leading the nation in abuse deaths in 2016. Advocates say last year’s legislative actions to overhaul the CPS system have begun to show positive results
Houston Matters
Study: Children with Certain Birth Defects Face Increased Risk of Abuse
Posted on · According to a new study from UTHealth, children with certain birth defects are also at an increased risk for abuse. According to researchers, children born with a cleft lip or palate, and children born with spina bifida are at an increased risk of abuse before they turn 2-years-old. To learn more, Maggie Martin talks with […]
Full Show
Open Carry in Effect and Attracting Millennials: Monday’s Show (January 4, 2016)
Posted on · Open carry is now officially legal in Texas. The new law, which took effect Jan. 1, allows licensed Texans to openly carry handguns in a shoulder or hip holster. But, there are some limitations concerning where open carry is allowed — as well as some concerns about how it'll play out. On today's Houston Matters, […]
Houston Matters
Foster Care Numbers are Dropping in Harris County — Is That Good or Bad News?
Posted on · While the number of children in foster care has increased nationwide in the last five years — and the population of Harris County has increased since 2010 — the number of kids in foster care in the county over that time has dropped annually, based on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count data and […]
Houston Matters
State Agencies Release Joint Report on Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
Posted on · Two state agencies have collaborated together to create a report examining child abuse and neglect fatalities in Texas. Researchers with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services used public health information from the Department of State Health Services to examine nearly 700 cases in which a child died from abuse or neglect from 2010 […]