A Woman Assaulted on Valentine’s Day 5 Years Ago Today Speaks Out About Her Assault and How Services Saved Her Life- Other Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Also Speak Out at Capitol Rally   Austin, Texas — The Texas Council on Family Violence and the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and hundreds of
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Break the Cycle and the National Dating Abuse Helpline, the Two Most Respected Dating Violence Advocates, Join Forces to Create the Most Powerful Online Healthy-Dating Resource for Teens and Young Adults in the United States, loveisrespect.org   Austin, TX – Break the Cycle and the National Dating Abuse Helpline, a project of the National Council
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CASA Advocates Urge the Legislature to Fund Child Protective Services, CASA to Keep Texas Children Safe   Austin — Hundreds of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers from across the state visited the Texas Capitol Tuesday to strongly oppose proposed budget cuts for Child Protective Services and to make the safety of abused and neglected
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Austin — Capitol Inside’s Texas Lobby Power Rankings 2011 names Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP as the second most powerful law firm lobby team in Texas. “We’re honored to be recognized for our hard work and dedication to our clients at the Texas State Capitol,” says Gardere Managing Partner Steve Good. “Advocating for our clients’ interests
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