What gets all attention?

The Texas Legislature needs to move on bills that would improve worker vetting and boost kinship caregiver rates.

Our state legislators have spent a great deal of time lately on campaigns to remove certain books from school libraries and to criminalize drag shows, all in the name of protecting kids.

We wish they would channel that energy toward fixing the mess that is the Texas foster care system, charged with protecting about 50,000 children who have suffered abuse and neglect.