Sami Sparber, The Texas Tribune
Sami Sparber is a reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune.
Texas Republicans Are Vowing to Defy Any New Federal Gun Rules. Experts Say It’s...
Federal calls for action after recent mass shootings have put Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP state lawmakers on the defensive. Now they’re laying the...
Lawmaker Pushes to Allow Concealed Weapons in Texas Public Schools
Six years after Texas passed a controversial measure allowing licensed gun owners to carry concealed handguns on college campuses, one Republican state lawmaker is...
Ken Paxton is Only State Attorney General in the U.S. Who Didn’t Sign Letters...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the only state attorney general in the United States who did not sign on to one of two...
“It’s Like Walking Into a Ghost Town”: Under Tight Pandemic Restrictions, College Football Returns...
On game days in Austin, Jon and Julie Amberg perch in a shaded courtyard with a perfect view of Bevo Boulevard, the hourslong street...
Student Athletes Get COVID-19 Tests Three Times a Week, While Experts Say Testing for...
Athletics officials at Texas universities spent months planning for a fall football season during a pandemic. As conferences deliberated how teams could safely compete...
