By Richard Lee

(Austin)  A bill that would strip the Travis County District Attorney’s Office of its authority to investigate and indict public corruption cases passed the Senate this week.   The bill by Southside Place Senator Joan Huffman would give investigation authority to the Texas Rangers at the Department of Public Safety, and the cases would ultimately be prosecuted in the accused’s county of residence.   Huffman told colleagues that a single county shouldn’t be in charge of trying cases involving people from all over the state.  “After more than three decades of accepting this cultural norm, the public has lost confidence in this tacit scheme, and Texas needs a fair and explicit process to hold wrongdoers accountable,” she said.

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