Voters Would Have to Approve Police Budget Cuts Under Bill Approved by Texas Senate

Police look on as demonstrators gathered outside Austin Police headquarters for another night of protest against police violence in June. Austin cut its police budget and moved some functions out of the department last year. Texas officials want to make it harder for cities to reduce law enforcement budgets. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 5:00am

The Texas Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prevent local governments from cutting their law enforcement budgets without voter approval. It was the Legislature’s most substantial move yet in a political war over police funding in Texas that was sparked last summer. The in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis ...

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