“Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Texas has a surplus they have sat on for years rather than fund things.
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