Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting
By JASON BEEFERMAN
As in many small Texas towns, law enforcement officers here eat free at local taquerias on some days and get complimentary haircuts at neighborhood salons...
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Texas Senate Democrats call for special session to raise the age to purchase guns, require universal background checks
By KATE MCGEE
The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call an emergency special legislative session to consider a variety of gun restrictions and...
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Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns
By KIAH COLLIER
The fact that the gunman responsible for this week’s massacre in Uvalde was able to buy two AR-15s days after his 18th birthday highlights how...
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Alabama voters approve $85 million bond issue to fund public historical sites and state parks
By Jackie Mitchell
Alabama voters approved Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment, on May 24. Amendment 1 authorized the state to issue up to $85 million in bonds for...
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Philadelphia mayor names two new school board members
By Dale Mezzacappa .Chalkbeat
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney appointed two new members to the city’s Board of Education on Tuesday: Sarah-Ashley Andrews, a family therapist who founded a suicide-prevention...
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Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state’s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say

Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state’s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say

By ERIN DOUGLAS on February 22, 2021

Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that…

Coronavirus vaccine deliveries to Texas pick up after winter storm

Coronavirus vaccine deliveries to Texas pick up after winter storm

By PERLA TREVIZO on February 22, 2021

Rural Texans faced the same storm — with unique hardships

Rural Texans faced the same storm — with unique hardships

By MELISSA B. TABOADA on February 22, 2021

One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response

One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response

By Brian J Gerber on February 19, 2021

How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

By Theodore J Kury on February 19, 2021

Thousands of Texans depend on dialysis treatments. Extended power outages put their lives at risk.

Thousands of Texans depend on dialysis treatments. Extended power outages put their lives at risk.

By NEELAM BOHRA on February 19, 2021

You might have heard that Texas has its own power grid. Did you know not all parts of the state use it?

You might have heard that Texas has its own power grid. Did you know not all parts of the state use it?

By ELVIA LIMON on February 19, 2021

You can now text with The Texas Tribune for breaking news, power updates and more

You can now text with The Texas Tribune for breaking news, power updates and more

By BOBBY BLANCHARD on February 19, 2021

Texas jails and prisons see brutal cold and overfilled toilets in winter storm

Texas jails and prisons see brutal cold and overfilled toilets in winter storm

By JOLIE MCCULLOUGH on February 19, 2021

Ted Cruz says leaving Texas during winter disaster was “obviously a mistake” as he returns from Cancún

Ted Cruz says leaving Texas during winter disaster was “obviously a mistake” as he returns from Cancún

By ABBY LIVINGSTON on February 19, 2021

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