Oil prices, pipeline protests top 2016 energy, environment news
From heated pipeline protests to stubbornly low oil prices, these are the top energy and environmental stories the Tribune covered in 2016. Full Story
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![A digital sign outside the Chase Bank building in downtown Midland displays the latest per-barrel price of oil.]()
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Revisit our series examining mental health policy and programs
In May, the Tribune partnered with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU on a series looking at mental health policy issues and some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing care. Use this page to catch up on our coverage. Full Story
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Rough Patch: How plunging oil prices reversed fortunes in Texas
Amid the recent plunge in oil prices, The Texas Tribune visited various parts of Texas to see how they were being impacted. Read stories from West Texas, South Texas and the Panhandle. Full Story
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![Cotulla Motel employee Jared Ramirez bags ice on April 7, 2016. Ramirez began working at the motel after work in the oil fields dried up.]()
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Can you tell real news from fake news? Take our quiz to find out
How good are you at telling real from fake news? Take our quiz and find out. Full Story
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Five stories that marked 2016 in Texas politics
It may have been the offseason for the Texas Legislature, but there was still ample news coming from state officials, much of which will reverberate through the legislative session starting in January. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott gave the opening speech at the state republican convention in Dallas, Texas on May 12, 2016.]()
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Five ways Texas shaped this year's wild presidential race
The reliably Republican state played host to an action-packed March 1 primary and gave the GOP primary field one of its last men standing, then grappled with Trump's nomination. Full Story
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Revisit our series on energy efficiency efforts
Take a look back at our series on global and local efforts to conserve energy and limit pollution through energy efficiency. Full Story
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![A wind farm generates electricity off the coast of Copenhagen. Wind energy accounted for 42 percent of Denmark's generation last year. Four decades ago, the country depended almost entirely on imported oil.]()
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Protests, politics and scandal defined 2016 for Texas universities
Colleges in Texas had a tense year, thanks to campus carry, racial incidents and the election. Full Story
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![UT Austin students protested in downtown after Donald Trump's presidential victory, Nov. 9, 2016.]()
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Explore thousands of Texas public schools
Use the Tribune's Texas Public Schools Explorer to find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,219 school districts and 8,646 public school campuses in Texas. Full Story
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Trump's F-35 tweets have Fort Worth on edge
President-elect Donald Trump's recent tweets criticizing a plane manufactured in Fort Worth has many in the city rattled. Full Story
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![Fort Worth residents posed for photos on Dec. 21, 2016, with a model of the F-35 fighter plane, which is manufactured at a Lockheed Martin plant in the city.]()
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The Brief: There's another potential Cabinet pick with Texas ties
As President-elect Donald Trump looks to fill the remaining holes in his planned Cabinet, another Texas connection has emerged. Full Story
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![(L.-R.) Former Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano, former state Comptroller Susan Combs and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.]()
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Texas Congressman on thin ice...on purpose
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth has tried everything from moving baggage on a runway to housekeeping at a Holiday Inn to better understand the lives of his constituents. This week, he helped out at a local ice skating rink. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, operates an ice-resurfacing machines at a Fort Worth ice skating rink on Dec. 21, 2016, as part of an ongoing effort to perform constituent jobs in his district.]()
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Use our database to learn more about prison units across Texas
Use the Tribune's Texas Prison Inmates database to learn more about Texas' prison units and the more than 143,000 inmates housed inside them. Full Story
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Texas blocking funds to Planned Parenthood, 3 Texans in Trump Ag Secretary hunt (video)
In the Roundup: Texas cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the Texas Electoral College casts most of its vote for President-elect Donald Trump and three Texans said to be on Agriculture Secretary shortlist. Full Story
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School finance, testing fiasco topped 2016 education news
School districts lost a court case that could have forced the state to reform its school finance system, and federal officials toured Texas to investigate claims that special education services were arbitrarily capped. Full Story
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![Protesters at a press conference held by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in May, 2016 calling on Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Kent Scribner to resign over the district's bathroom guidelines for transgender students.]()
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In light of Arizona ruling, will Texas executions change? A Texplainer
Hey, Texplainer: A federal judge in Arizona just ruled that witnesses have the right to see the full process of an execution, including the administration of lethal drugs. Will this affect how Texas carries out executions? Full Story
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Former A&M President Elsa Murano under consideration for agriculture secretary
Elsa Murano, former president of Texas A&M University, is under consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, according to his transition team. Full Story
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New in Trib+Edu: Universities help struggling schools
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: In LA, universities reach out to partner with local schools, a report says fewer Americans speak a second language and an interview with Penny Schwinn of the Texas Education Agency. Full Story
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The Brief: Growth in number of abandoned wells fuels concerns
Texas is home to nearly 300,000 active oil and gas wells. When most wells end their service operators will plug them, limiting pollution threats, and move on. But the state is facing a surge of abandoned drilling sites and dwindling funds to clean them up. Full Story
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![Brackish water flows from an unplugged abandoned well outside of Imperial in Pecos County — one of several in the area likely drilled for oil but later tapped for water.]()
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Trump's rhetoric, border surge colored immigration debate in 2016
The president-elect's tough border talk propelled him to victory, the U.S. Supreme Court dashed President Obama's deferred action hopes and the Texas border surge drew questions. Full Story
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