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How Texas Republicans plan to keep cracking down on abortion

A flurry of bills aims to restrict the flow of abortion pills into the state and abortion seekers traveling out of the state.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

Paxton impeachment cost state $5.1 million, auditor report finds

The new finding is about 20% higher than previous estimates of the known cost of the effort to remove Paxton from office.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

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Republican lawmakers revive effort to give attorney general more power to prosecute election crimes

Critics fear increased election prosecutions could intimidate voters and local election officials. Attorney General Ken Paxton has long sought more autonomy over election cases.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic, public health experts say

Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

Parents of Texas child who died of measles stand by decision to not vaccinate

The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025

Abbott praises Trump’s efforts to eliminate Education Department at White House

Gov. Greg Abbott dismissed concerns that federal funding and civil rights could be jeopardized by the reduction of the department.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

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95,000 Texas children are waiting for state help to pay for day care

Adding more funding to scholarships is just one way experts say state lawmakers could address Texas’ child care crisis.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

Ted Cruz funds ads supporting pro-voucher lawmakers

The ads praise 14 Texas Republicans, including House Speaker Dustin Burrows, for their support of education savings accounts.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

Texas faculty testify against bills to screen universities’ curriculum for “ideological” bias

Lawmakers say several bills under consideration Thursday would “address the unchecked authority of faculty.” They would expand university governing boards’ oversight powers.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

Different pace and priorities separate Texas Senate and House on school vouchers

The gaps over eligibility and on spending levels are narrower than the fundamental differences of the previous session.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

Texas Senate advances bill to allow smaller homes on smaller lots

Lawmakers, who are preempting locals on lot sizes in new subdivisions, have been eyeing ways to allow more homes to be built as the state faces a shortage.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

Jackpot withheld, $83 million winner “caught in crossfire” amid lottery courier investigations

The winning ticket, purchased online through the courier Jackpocket, is being scrutinized by lawmakers concerned about the legality of third-party services.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Coppell ISD of violating Texas’ “critical race theory” ban

The attorney general office’s lawsuit is based on an undercover video published in February by a conservative activist group.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

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The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Texas Senate passes hemp ban, a Dan Patrick priority

Patrick says the measure will shut down the dangerous THC products business. The House’s proposal would tighten oversight of the industry without a full ban.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Trump administration drops challenge to Texas law targeting people who illegally cross the border

Senate Bill 4, the Texas law that makes illegally crossing the border a state crime, will continue to be challenged by two immigrant rights groups and El Paso County.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Amanda Edwards to run to succeed the late-U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner

Edwards unsuccessfully ran for the seat twice last year. She faced off against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 Democratic primary. Jackson Lee won the primary but died before the general election, opening the party’s nomination anew

The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Bills seek to improve state’s response to wildfires a year after devastation in Panhandle

A proposal to create a statewide system connecting emergency personnel and agencies is among several bills that target problems exposed in 2024.

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The Texas Tribune · Mar 19, 2025

Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and homeless students

The proposal aims to make working conditions safer for teachers but critics worry it could push the state’s most vulnerable students out of the classroom.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

Texas bill would ban K-12 students from using cell phones during school hours

If the proposal becomes law, Texas would follow in the footsteps of several Democrat- and Republican-led states that have enacted similar bans.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

University of Texas System bans drag shows in campus facilities

The move comes a few weeks after the Texas A&M System issued a similar ban, which is being challenged in court.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

TribCast: Measles, COVID and the state of our public health system

On the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic, we discuss the measles outbreak and the state’s ability to respond to health crises.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

An abandoned West Texas oil well has created a 200-foot-wide sinkhole

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 18, 2025

Lawmakers weigh moving bingo operations out of Texas Lottery’s purview amid agency’s uncertain future

A possible reassignment of the charitable games comes as 15 bills in the Legislature seek to either alter or abolish the troubled agency.

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