{"id":12043,"date":"2020-09-15T10:11:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T10:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/inside-texas-politics-will-cities-vote-to-defund-police\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T10:11:55","slug":"inside-texas-politics-will-cities-vote-to-defund-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/politics\/inside-texas-politics-will-cities-vote-to-defund-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Texas Politics: Will cities vote to &#8216;defund&#8217; police?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ov7r9N7uK-M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed legislation to encourage cities to fund police departments. He says some city councils have wrongly acted to defund public safety. In Dallas, the mayor has opposed a council move to cut  million from the budget to pay for police officer overtime. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to WFAA: https:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribetowfaa<br \/>\nFor news anytime: https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Inside Texas Politics: Will cities vote to &#8216;defund&#8217; police?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Inside+Texas+Politics%3A+Will+cities+vote+to+%27defund%27+police%3F&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Inside Texas Politics: Will cities vote to 'defund' police? - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6642dc976b894ddcba738329303d91db&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kxan.com%2Fnews%2Ftexas%2Fdemocrats-urge-special-session-to-increase-texas-school-funding%2F&amp;c=8154711445508905419&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDemocrats urge special session to increase Texas school funding\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have the resources available to better fund our schools, so we should act,\u201d State. Rep. John Rosenthal, D-Cypress, wrote.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6642dc976b894ddcba738329303d91db&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wfaa.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Finside-politics%2Ftexas-politics%2Fwill-we-see-a-houston-version-of-continuing-resolution%2F287-d3409523-7148-4dc2-9163-a25694b7b017&amp;c=15596861033912201030&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWill we see a Houston version of a continuing resolution?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe city of Houston has a record fund balance. 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