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This story is part of When Home is the Danger, a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving children in dangerous homes and families without ongoing support or monitoring. On June 12, 2016, three-month ...

The lawsuit calls the governor's order 'lawless and dangerous.' A Texas judge has blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating the family behind the American Civil ...