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The 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in photos

Here’s a look back at the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival through the eyes of Tribune photographers.

The Texas Tribune

Delayed passage of farm bill stirs uncertainty for Texas agriculture

The must-pass package of legislation known as the farm bill, which is renewed every five years, funds critical crop insurance and loans to farmers and food to low-income families.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Latino Democrats call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after bribery indictment

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar pushed back on the New Jersey Democrat’s defense that he was being targeted for his ethnicity.

The Texas Tribune

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup

Texas is holding elections, including for school boards and legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023, and March 5, 2024, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

Ballotpedia

An annular solar eclipse is coming to parts of the U.S. in October

Residents from Oregon to Texas may be able to glimpse the annular eclipse, when the moon is deep in its orbit and passes in front of the sun, creating a black circle on the star.

WEKU

Dallas selected as one of three national hubs for new medical innovation federal agency

The city joins Cambridge, Mass. and the Washington, D.C. area as epicenters of the new agency. A Biden administration initiative, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will work toward medical breakthroughs in treating diseases like cancer, Alzheimer and diabetes.

The Texas Tribune

Ohio State offers 2025 Texas defensive lineman

Will another Lone Star state star head to Columbus? #GoBucks

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2024 NFL Draft quarterbacks recap: Week 4

Week four had some excellent football games and @TheKevinFielder breaks down the performances of the 2024 NFL draft prospects

USA Today Sports Media Group

NASCAR suspends six crew members for loose wheels at Texas

Two crew members each from the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Cup team of Austin Dillon and Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 team, as well and two from the Xfinity Series team of driver Jeb Burton were suspended and found in violation of “Safety Sections 8.8.10.4.A C: Loss or separation…

Motorsport

Texas’ ban on certain drag shows is unconstitutional, federal judge says

Senate Bill 12 would have prohibited performers from dancing suggestively or wearing certain prosthetics in front of children. Critics sued the state, saying it violated the First Amendment.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge strikes down Texas anti-drag law as unconstitutional

Texas law amounts to unconstitutional restriction on speech in violation of the First Amendment

The Independent UK

Blaney on playoffs: "It's not always going to go great"

Blaney, the only remaining Team Penske driver still in contention for the 2023 Cup Series championship, had an up-and-down day Sunday at Texas that mirrored much of his season.

Motorsport

USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 football rankings as of Sept. 26, 2023

It's a new-look top 10 latest USA TODAY High School Football Super 25 while the bottom half highlights a massive shakeup.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas convict fatally shot man he believed killed his friend and put gun up for sale minutes later

Siten Anney bragged to his friends about the murder over social media when the news broke of Trevor Allen Harrison’s death

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Has IndyCar's Texas loss come at the right time?

The writing had been on the wall for several years, but the inevitable separation of the IndyCar Series and Texas Motor Speedway finally came with the arrival of the 2024 schedule. A relationship that began in 1997, the two transitioned through nearly every phase possible in the best and worst…

The Guardian - US

Off-duty Texas police officer shoots Black neighbor through closed door

There have been several recent incidents in the US in which people have been shot after approaching the wrong residence

The Texas Tribune

One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels

The Department of Family and Protective Services has increasingly relied on housing foster kids in hotels when it can’t find them a home. In the 2022 fiscal year, after record staff turnover, more than 1 in 4 caseworkers had less than one year of experience.

The Independent UK

Whistleblowers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI want court to continue lawsuit

A group of whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI are asking a court to resume their lawsuit against the Republican

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College Football Week 4 Winners and Losers: Nick Saban puts Lane Kiffin in his place, Notre Dame misses colossal opportunity

Though it wasn't quite as compelling a slate as we though coming in, there's still plenty we can glean from Week 4 in college football.

Al Jazeera

Texas cities struggle to address influx of arrivals along US-Mexico border

The administration of US President Joe Biden has reached out to Mexico for help confronting the spike in migration.

Motorsport

Busch: "I just don't know what to do" after Texas DNF

Busch entered the Round of 12 eight points clear of the elimination zone. He started Sunday's race with high hopes, knowing that ex-RCR driver Tyler Reddick was the defending winner of the event in that No. 8 Chevrolet.

The Texas Tribune

Toxic red tide algae, last seen in 2018, returns to Texas coast

Areas of the Texas Gulf Coast are seeing blooms of the algae, which can make people sick and kill fish.

The Texas Tribune

“We are not going away”: Paxton whistleblowers vow to continue legal fight in court

On Monday, the former state employees argued that Paxton has failed to uphold key parts of the settlement agreement, including a $3.3 million payment and a promise to apologize.

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Pac-12’s QBs Take Hold in Heisman Race

Four or five strong Heisman contenders reside out West, including the reigning winner.

Texas Observer

Reconciliation on Death Row

A murder and an execution date changed those on both sides of the bars. A changed viewpoint on capital punishment.

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