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Texas sued over removal of voters flagged by SAVE database
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (503+ words) Voting rights groups are suing the Texas Secretary of State's Office and some county election officials to prevent the removal of voters from the state's voter roll based on use of a federal database to verify citizenship. They also claim…...
How the politics of succession are playing out in Houston
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1768+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Gabby Birenbaum and Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune February 2, 2026 HOUSTON " On Monday, Christian Menefee is expected to be sworn in as the next member of Congress from Texas…...
Live winter storm updates: Extreme cold rushes Texas
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (903+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Texas Tribune Staff, The Texas Tribune January 24, 2026 An arctic storm is crawling across Texas, bringing frigid temperatures and frozen precipitation that is expected to last into Monday." Much…...
Top candidates in the 2026 Texas governor's race primary
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (301+ words) by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune January 21, 2026 If an elected official, a judge or a justice resigns or dies, the governor is responsible for calling a special election or filling that vacancy. The governor can also make appointments to hundreds…...
From school vouchers to flood warning systems, these are the Texas developments to watch in 2026
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1314+ words) by Alex Nguyen, Stephen Simpson, Alejandra Martinez, Paul Cobler, Jaden Edison, Sneha Dey and Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune January 5, 2026 On top of dozens of laws taking effect on Jan. 1 and the incoming midterm elections, the new year also comes…...
Government liable for damage to homes near Houston dams during Hurricane Harvey floods, court rules
3+ mon, 3+ day 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
3+ mon, 4+ day 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
3+ mon, 2+ week 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
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The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas
5+ 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…...