Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune
Donald Trump’s Tariffs On Mexico Could Devastate Border Region, Texas Economists Warn
President-elect Donald Trump’s intention to levy a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada sent shockwaves across the country — especially on...
Most 18-year-old Texans Aren’t Signed Up To Vote Despite A Law Requiring Voter Registration...
When David Dzul approached his principal about setting up a voter registration drive on campus in 2019, he quickly realized why voting participation rates...
Texas Schools Asked Voters For $18 Billion In New Debt To Fix Its Campuses....
ODESSA — Delma Abalos was stunned.
In the years she has served as a vice president of the school board in Ector County, there was...
Mother Of Uvalde School Shooting Victim Wants To Be Mayor
Nearly 18 months after the deadliest school shooting in Texas, Uvalde residents will elect a new mayor in a special election. Among the three...
Texas Senate Moves to End Countywide Voting on Election Day
Countywide polling locations on Election Day would be banned in Texas under a bill approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday.
Senate Bill 990, authored...
In East Texas, skepticism over private school tuition assistance persists despite push from conservative...
TYLER — On a Thursday evening in March, parents and community leaders inside Grace Community School erupted into applause as Gov. Greg Abbott demanded...
Texas Senate Gives First OK To Make Illegal Voting A Felony Again
The Texas Senate on Monday gave initial approval, on a 19–12 vote, to legislation that would raise the penalty for voting illegally from a...
Texas Cities Debate Costly Infrastructure Investments In Age Of Extreme Weather
Two years after a winter storm killed 246 people and left millions of Texans without electricity, Texas cities once again buckled under a menacing winter storm.
Freezing...
As Texas Thaws Again, Calls To Rethink How Cities Prepare For Winter Weather Are...
Two years after a winter storm killed 246 people and left millions of Texans without electricity, Texas cities once again buckled under a menacing...
Texas’ Private And Rural Schools Again Brace For A Showdown On School Choice
LUFKIN — Michael Lee knows what it’s like to make tough budget decisions.
As the former superintendent of Booker Independent School District, Lee experienced the...
