The end of September will close out a hard year for the Travis County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit, and 2015 isn’t looking better. Whether the clouds part in 2016 depends on the Texas Legislature.
When Gov. Rick Perry vetoed the unit’s 2014 and 2015 state funding, a reduced budget from Travis County’s coffers forced the public integrity unit to slash jobs and stop accepting certain cases. Further budget cuts are on the horizon for 2015, and if the Legislature doesn’t approve funding for the next biennium, the unit might downsize even more.
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