The Texas House on Friday passed a bill to financially punish the state’s largest cities if they cut police funding — a proposal championed by Gov. Greg Abbott as police reform groups called on cities to rethink law-enforcement budgets. While proponents of House Bill 1900 said it’s intended to back law enforcement and keep people […]

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