Photos: 2026 Texas Primaries Photographers across the state covered this year’s primary election. The Texas Tribune · Mar 4
Young Texas conservatives say Charlie Kirk’s death is galvanizing their religion-forward politics Thousands gathered for the Texas Youth Summit, where speaker after speaker memorialized Kirk and encouraged young attendees to rise in his place. The Texas Tribune · Sep 20, 2025
2024: The year in photos A look at some of the best photos from the stories we published over the last year. The Texas Tribune · Dec 26, 2024
The Vet, the Cattle Prod, and the ‘Guttural Wail’ An equine surgeon and Texas A&M professor has been convicted of animal cruelty after repeatedly shocking a horse in front of students, among other misdeeds, exposing the shaky ethics training of some veterinarians. Texas Observer · Nov 18, 2024
Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states Limits on who can be released without paying bail and difficulties hiring guards worsen the situation. The Texas Tribune · Aug 13, 2024
Años antes de que los caracterizaran como criminales, los residentes de Colony Ridge buscaron ayuda del estado Los residentes presentaron más de 60 quejas en contra de Colony Ridge. No obtuvieron muchas soluciones del estado. The Texas Tribune · Apr 10, 2024
Texas energy companies are betting hydrogen can become a cleaner fuel for transportation Supporters say developing hydrogen as a fuel is critical to slowing climate change. Critics are concerned that producing it with fossil fuels will prop up the oil and gas industry. The Texas Tribune · Mar 25, 2024
Texans headed to the polls with a mixture of duty and frustration Many who voted Tuesday said they weren’t excited about their choices. “Morale feels low,” said one Houston voter. The Texas Tribune · Mar 6, 2024
Years before Texas conservatives painted them as criminals, Colony Ridge residents sought help from state agencies Texas has little to show for conservative leaders’ uproar — or previously unreported complaints about the community developer. The Texas Tribune · Feb 27, 2024
Year after year, most Texas police departments report zero hate crimes. Here’s why. A Texas Tribune analysis of hate crime data found that 82% of Texas law enforcement agencies that report to the FBI tracked no hate crimes last year. However, one suburban North Texas police agency is creating a new model of collecting hate crime data. The Texas Tribune · Dec 14, 2023
One of Texas’ oldest towns needs $200 million for upgrades. It’s asking voters to approve $44 million this fall. The East Texas town is one of 218 local governments asking voters to approve new debt for repairs and upgrades to city infrastructure. Local leaders say inflation isn’t helping them keep up with capital needs. The Texas Tribune · Oct 27, 2023
In the shadow of James Byrd’s murder, city leaders can’t agree how to move this East Texas town forward Jasper’s second Black mayor wants to help residents pay their bills while a younger city council wants to invest in the city’s culture. Residents call their heated arguments at city council meetings “foolishness” and “embarrassing.” The Texas Tribune · Sep 28, 2023
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A billion-pound problem: How unchecked “excess emissions” ballooned in Texas Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution. The Texas Tribune · Jun 7, 2023
The Texas Tribune · Jun 7, 2023 Watch: 25 years after James Byrd Jr. was killed for being Black, his loved ones question how much has changed in Texas The quiet East Texas town of Jasper came together immediately after the racist murder of James Byrd Jr. Now, Texas is leading the nation in incidents of white supremacist propaganda.
The Texas Tribune · May 3, 2023 Everything you need to know about Texas’ beleaguered water systems Texas has more than 7,000 water systems. A fraction of them self-reported that they lost 30 billion gallons of water due to broken pipes and leaks in 2021.
The Texas Tribune · Apr 26, 2023 For years, the EPA and Texas ignored warning signs at a chemical storage site. Then an inferno erupted. Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm. Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.
The Texas Tribune · Apr 24, 2023 Research leaders at Texas A&M University raise “serious concerns” with President Kathy Banks’ leadership A poll conducted by the Council of Principal Investigators, an elected group of faculty who help oversee research activity at the school, found respondents distrust the president’s decision making since she took the helm nearly two years ago.
The Texas Tribune · Mar 29, 2023 With billions of dollars on the line, East Texans say a crucial state map incorrectly shows they already have broadband East Texans worry they could miss out on federal dollars because a state map that will help determine where the money goes shows they already have access to broadband. Residents say their broadband is chronically unreliable.
Texas Observer · Nov 11, 2022 Course Corrections: The Return of Prison Education Federal grants are rebooting higher education behind bars, but the benefits aren't evenly distributed to all of the incarcerated.
The Conversation · Oct 24, 2022 There's no one 'Latino vote' – religion and geography add to voters' diversity Nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States today are Latino, and “the Latino vote” has attracted significant news coverage as their political voice grows stronger. Yet considering all 62 million Latinos as a group isn’t necessarily all that helpful in understanding attitudes or voting patterns, as some scholars…
The Texas Tribune · Oct 12, 2022 East Texas nonprofit hopes small loans and job training will ease the hardships of leaving prison Formerly incarcerated Texans face numerous barriers to restart their lives. Without help from the state, the Next Chapter program in Lufkin is helping people released from prison get back on their feet.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 10, 2022 Texans make the case for why voting matters The Texas Tribune spoke to Texans across the political spectrum and asked them to make their case for why voting matters this year. The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 11. Early voting runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 4, 2022 Conspiracy theorists and 16-hour days: Inside the stress elections officials face ahead of the midterms Running elections in Texas has never been easy. But since 2020, the scrutiny elections administrators face has grown — even in small Republican-controlled counties that former President Donald Trump carried.