Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Harris County’s guaranteed income pilot program
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by Joshua Fechter
10h ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging the program, saying it violates the Texas Constitution. The first payments may have already gone out ..read more
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Join us for a May 9 conversation about local news and democracy
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by Texas Tribune Events Staff
12h ago
We’ll talk about local news and news deserts in Texas, how communities are ipacted and what can be done to ensure Texans across the state have access to reliable local news ..read more
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Join us for a May 8 conversation on West Texas and the oil and gas industry
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by Texas Tribune Events Staff
12h ago
We’ll talk about how the industry has changed Midland and Odessa, how oil companies are partnering with local entities to train the next generation of oil workers, and what is being done to address environmental concerns ..read more
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T-Squared: Texas Tribune and partners share Collier Prize for State Government Accountability
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by Sewell Chan
12h ago
We were recognized, with ProPublica and FRONTLINE, for our investigation into law enforcement’s handling of the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde ..read more
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In one Texas county, elections officials shoulder new costs and burdens to appease skeptics
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by Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune
13h ago
Brazos County election officials are responding to demands from skeptical residents by expanding hand counts and ordering special paper ..read more
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Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
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by Story by William Melhado, Video and photos by Greta Díaz González Vázquez
13h ago
Support once afforded LGBTQ+ foster kids has vanished and a culture of silence has blanketed the agency tasked with raising children growing up in the system ..read more
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Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
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by Pooja Salhotra and William Melhado
1d ago
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional ..read more
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Seattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient records to Texas under new settlement
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by Karen Brooks Harper
1d ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles ..read more
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What you need to know about toxic “forever chemicals” the EPA is restricting
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by Alejandra Martinez
2d ago
The EPA recently set new limits on the toxic chemicals used to make everything from nonstick pans to firefighting foam. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family ..read more
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Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?
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by Alejandro Serrano
2d ago
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border ..read more
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