Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 28 runoff elections
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by María Méndez and Yuriko Schumacher
6h ago
The last day to register to vote is April 29. Early voting runs from May 20-24 ..read more
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Watch: Trans man who aged out of Texas foster care says politicians are vilifying LGBTQ+ kids
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by Greta Díaz González Vázquez, Story by William Melhado
6h ago
As Kayden Asher tumbled through several foster placements, Texas leaders intensified their efforts to regulate the lives of LGBTQ+ people ..read more
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Texas Republicans have tried to rein in property taxes for five years. Has it worked?
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by Joshua Fechter and Andrew Park
6h ago
Texas has spent billions of dollars to drive down property taxes. Many homeowners saw a significant tax cut last year, per a Texas Tribune analysis ..read more
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Coal power plants must reduce pollution under new federal rules
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by Emily Foxhall
17h ago
The rules will require coal-fueled plants, including Texas plants that produced about 12% of power on the state’s grid this year, to reduce carbon emissions and mercury pollution and handle disposed coal ash more safely ..read more
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Tarrant County DA wants Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction reinstated
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by Berenice Garcia
19h ago
A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion ..read more
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Harris County prosecutor hands criminal case into Lina Hidalgo’s staffers over to state attorney general
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by Joshua Fechter
20h ago
Hidalgo’s staffers were indicted on felony charges related to how they allegedly helped award an $11 million contract to a political consulting firm headed by a Democratic strategist ..read more
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Meet our new Rio Grande Valley reporter, East Texas reporter and audience producer
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by Sewell Chan
21h ago
Berenice Garcia in McAllen, Jess Huff in Lufkin and Laura Duclos in Houston are our newsroom’s latest hires ..read more
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New reporting requirements for life-saving abortions worry some doctors
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by Eleanor Klibanoff
22h ago
The proposed guidance from the Texas Medical Board would require doctors to document whether there was time to transfer a patient “by any means available” to avoid performing an abortion ..read more
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Most cases against UT-Austin protesters dropped
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by Pooja Salhotra and Annie Xia
22h ago
The Travis County attorney dropped 46 charges after 57 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian demonstration ..read more
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UT-Austin faculty criticizes response to pro-Palestinian walkout as students plan new protest
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by Robert Downen
22h ago
UT-Austin President defended the response but faculty criticized the presence of armed state troopers. Fifty-seven people were arrested ..read more
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