Parents /tags/parents Parents en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:40:33 GMT Effort to create paid parental leave for Texans stalls in House committee /politics/2023-04-26/efforts-to-create-paid-parental-leave-for-texans-stalls-in-house-committee “This was a bill specifically chosen right in line with all of our values � specifically the Republican-stated platform values,� said bill author Rep. Penny Morales Shaw. “This shouldn’t be a fight.� Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:40:33 GMT /politics/2023-04-26/efforts-to-create-paid-parental-leave-for-texans-stalls-in-house-committee Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Texas Republicans and Democrats coalesce around proposals to expand paid parental leave /politics/2023-03-07/texas-republicans-and-democrats-coalesce-around-proposals-to-expand-paid-parental-leave A measure to establish paid parental leave for state employees is making its way through the Texas Legislature. It’s authored by a Republican and co-authored by several Democrats. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:00:03 GMT /politics/2023-03-07/texas-republicans-and-democrats-coalesce-around-proposals-to-expand-paid-parental-leave Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Texas isn’t ready to support more parents and kids in a post-Roe world, advocates warn /health/2022-05-10/texas-isnt-ready-to-support-more-parents-and-kids-in-a-post-roe-world-advocates-warn More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states. Tue, 10 May 2022 15:26:27 GMT /health/2022-05-10/texas-isnt-ready-to-support-more-parents-and-kids-in-a-post-roe-world-advocates-warn Eleanor Klibanoff Efforts to ban books jumped an 'unprecedented' four-fold in 2021, ALA report says /2022-04-04/efforts-to-ban-books-jumped-an-unprecedented-four-fold-in-2021-ala-report-says The American Library Association says libraries faced the highest number of book challenges since they started tracking in 2000. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer topped their list of most challenged books. Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:20:31 GMT /2022-04-04/efforts-to-ban-books-jumped-an-unprecedented-four-fold-in-2021-ala-report-says Miranda Mazariegos, Meghan Collins Sullivan City Council Passes Rental Registration, Paid Parental Leave /austin/2013-06-07/city-council-passes-rental-registration-paid-parental-leave A debate over two Austin City Council proposals to track problem rental properties continued into the early hours of the morning.After hearing from many� Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:48:48 GMT /austin/2013-06-07/city-council-passes-rental-registration-paid-parental-leave Sebastian Herrera, Laura Rice