Thousands of Texas families are waiting on birth and death certificates as an understaffed state agency works through a backlog of requests. The backlog — which stems from a longtime staffing problem and was exacerbated by the state’s switch in January to a new computer system for processing records — comes as the agency vies for a boost in funding to more quickly process requests. Meanwhile, families anxiously wait to move forward with logistics around passports, inheritances and paying funeral expenses.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.