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2022-05-28 13:22:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3D8CCC57CA41BA8CE8D5A379C031EFC97CF40C5FE607A644F9063FDA0F43477F
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Texas has passed two bills amending state law in 2021 explicitly banning any locality from reducing municipal police budgets - commonly known as "defunding the police". https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/01/texas-abbott-defund-police-protest/ The Uvalde Municipal budget shows police funding has grown by 10% since 2020. https://cms8.revize.com/revize/uvaldetx/Document%20Center/Government/City%20Department/Finance/FINAL%20DRAFT%20FY%2021-22%20budget%20%209-17-21.pdf
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