Inside the Investigation: Senate panel hears testimony on hospital bollard bill sparked by KXAN

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a year-long KXAN investigation into safety gaps at hospitals across Texas, lawmakers are hearing testimony from the team behind the reporting.

This week on Inside the Investigation – KXAN Investigator Matt Grant explains the momentum behind a bill that would require safety bollards at nearly every hospital in the state and why one hospital advocacy group doesn’t want to see it pass. 

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Join KXAN Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley every Friday at 10:30 a.m. on YouTube, Facebook, or KXAN.com for a live recap of the latest headlines and in-depth reporting from the KXAN Investigates team. 

You can also listen to KXAN’s investigative podcast, highlighting some of our award-winning team’s latest reports exposing corruption, safety concerns, and system failures across Texas. We also feature audio versions of our weekly “Inside the Investigation” discussion with the journalists working on those stories.

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