After more than a decade with Rick Perry and David Dewhurst at the helm, Texas on Tuesday welcomed – with music, dancing and (literally) tons of barbecue – Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. 

Here’s a selection of what journalists, state officials and others shared on social media, along with the Tribune’s on-the-ground reporting from the inauguration celebration.  

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Jim Malewitz was a reporter at the Tribune from 2013 to 2017, covering energy and environment and then working on investigations. Previously, he covered those issues for Stateline, a nonprofit news service...

Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the...