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Government liable for damage to homes near Houston dams during Hurricane Harvey floods, court rules
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (302+ words) by Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune December 24, 2025 A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream of the Addicks and Barker dams after Hurricane Harvey unleashed more than 50 inches of rainfall…...
Trump administration weighs South Texas land swap with SpaceX
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (320+ words) by Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune December 23, 2025 The Trump administration is weighing a deal with SpaceX that would give Elon Musk's" aerospace company 775 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, according to a New York Times report…...
TribCast: Dissecting the 2026 Texas primaries
2+ week, 1+ day ago (304+ words) Eleanor Klibanoff is the law and politics reporter, based in Austin, where she covers the the Texas Legislature, the Office of the Attorney General, state and federal courts and politics writ large. She also co-hosts the weekly politics podcast, TribCast....
Prop 1 would secure funding for Texas State Technical College
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1163+ words) TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Independent news. Trusted by Texans. About The Texas Tribune | Staff | Contact | Send a Confidential Tip | Ethics | Republish Our Work | Jobs | Awards | Corrections | Strategic Plan | Downloads | Documents Take our content " please! " You're welcome to republish this…...
The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1691+ words) Texas" Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year. On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood"s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization"s largest clinic in the country, shuttered to…...
Texas GOP to consider blocking lawmakers from 2026 primary ballot in first test of new censure rule
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1737+ words) " It's here! The full TribFest program is now LIVE.TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase The state party's governing board will meet Saturday to decide whether 10 Texas House Republicans tried to thwart GOP priorities during this year's legislative session. The Republican…...
Introducing the Austin Current: A new voice for Central Texas
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (235+ words) Our new community newsroom will be focused on providing Austin-area residents with the knowledge and context they need to navigate a region transformed by explosive growth. When we imagined this newsroom, we envisioned more than headlines. We want to become…...
Texas stock exchange gets federal approval as state tries to compete with New York heavyweights
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1170+ words) The Texas Stock Exchange is expected to launch in Dallas next year, as economists wait to see if "Y'all Street" is big enough to support the exchange and challenge New York's dominance in the financial sector. The Texas Stock Exchange…...
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (475+ words) The ex-pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake will serve the first six months of his 10-year suspended sentence in a county jail in Oklahoma, where the abuse took place. The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after…...
Major statewide propositions will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Here are your voting rights in Texas.
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1834+ words) Learn more about all the ways you can register to vote, cast your ballot and protect your rights at the polls. Texans" next opportunity to use their vote to shape state policies and their communities will be during the Nov....