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Looking back at some of the best Texas Tribune reads of 2023

Our journalists brought life to the experiences of everyday Texans, held powerful institutions accountable and surfaced stories that went beyond the daily news cycles.

The Texas Tribune

‘Did you just hear John Roberts scream?’: US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election

Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles Orders More Residential Hotels to Stop Renting to Tourists

Twenty-one hotels have been cited so far. If the citations are enforced and upheld in court, hundreds of rooms could be turned back into low-cost permanent housing for the city’s poorest residents.

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Prof: Thomas corruption likely unlawful

But there are few tools available to hold the justice accountable, says Pace University Law Prof. Bennett Gershman

Salon

A Tennessee Youth Detention Center Has Been Illegally Throwing Kids in Solitary Confinement

An investigation from ProPublica shows that one Knoxville-area facility is putting kids in solitary but skirting scrutiny by classifying the seclusion as "voluntary."

Reason

The 6/13/2000 Memorandum to Chief Justice Rehnquist: "Compensation Increase for Justices—Response to Justice Thomas—Guidance Needed"

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Reason

Clarence Thomas reportedly raised prospect of resigning from Supreme Court over salary

Years before Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts, he suggested lawmakers raise Supreme Court justices’ salaries

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Clarence Thomas' money woes revealed

Thomas pushed for higher salary — and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees

Salon

Clarence Thomas’s salary complaints sparked rightwing fears he would resign

Supreme court justice’s comment to Republican congressman in 2000 worried conservatives, according to ProPublica report

The Guardian - US

Activists block abortion ban exceptions

Lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks

Salon

Texas judge orders release of Uvalde shooting records, but DPS could still delay

The Department of Public Safety for 18 months has blocked the release of its investigation of the shooting, and it could choose to appeal this latest ruling, too.

The Texas Tribune

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics probe - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee moved ahead with subpoenas Thursday as part of the panel’s inquiry into Supreme Court ethics.

Roll Call

2 women died on Alaska mayor's property

The men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations

Salon

SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Salon

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Capital & Main

Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite Violations

A city law sought to prevent low-cost housing from turning into hotels, but some landlords rented to tourists anyway. That didn’t stop them from receiving city funds for a new temporary shelter program.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court announces ethics code amid pressure over gift scandals

Code of conduct published following months of criticism of rightwing justices accepting undisclosed gifts

Reason

Illinois Youth Lockup Is 'No Place for Children,' According to ACLU Lawsuit

Children held in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center are routinely subjected to solitary confinement, inadequate meals, and filthy cells, according to legal documents.

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Roll Call

Senate Judiciary delays votes on subpoenas over Supreme Court ethics - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday without voting on whether to authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics.

Roll Call

Senators clash over plans for subpoenas tied to Supreme Court ethics push - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Committee members clashed Thursday over plans to subpoena two Republican donors and a conservative judicial activist.

Salon

The billion-dollar salmon vacuum

Many endorse opening dams and letting fish coast the natural current as the best way to avoid extinction

Capital & Main

Director Raoul Peck Explores the Crisis of Black Land Loss

New documentary Silver Dollar Road tells the story of massive Black wealth taken through faulty laws and loopholes.

The Guardian - US

Here’s what happens when a for-profit company takes over your local ER

Costs are slashed, entire departments of doctors are laid off, and patients’ bills go up. I would know

The Guardian - US

‘It was always about land’: film-maker Raoul Peck on his infuriating new documentary

The Oscar-nominated director tackles a shocking case of black land disposession in his acclaimed new film Silver Dollar Road

Salon

"Silver Dollar Road": A family's fight

Salon talks to the director about his new film documenting a North Carolina family's struggle to keep their home

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