In the hours before Hurricane Harvey hits Texas, some local leaders told residents to flee their homes, while others urged them to stay in place and wait out the storm.
August 2017
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In Harvey's Wake
Border Patrol says Texas checkpoints to remain open during Hurricane Harvey
As Texans in the Rio Grande Valley prepare for Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Border Patrol said its checkpoints north of the border will remain open.
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Video: Abbott discusses Hurricane Harvey, emergency preparations
Watch video of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Friday news conference on the latest with Hurricane Harvey and emergency preparations across the state.
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In Harvey's Wake
Hell and High Water: How Houston is ill-prepared for a hurricane
In 2016, the Tribune partnered with ProPublica on a multimedia project looking at the dangers for the Houston region, amid worries the region is a sitting duck when the next big hurricane comes. Revisit our series here.
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In Harvey's Wake
As Hurricane Harvey draws nearer, South Texans head north
Amid warnings from family and memories of past hurricanes, scores of Texans in the Corpus Christi area are grabbing their belongings, boarding up their homes and hitting the highway to flee Hurricane Harvey.
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The Brief: We got another redistricting ruling. And a hurricane’s on the way.
Brace yourselves this weekend, Texans — Hurricane Harvey is coming, and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down.
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Texas Elections 2018
Court throws out Texas’ voter ID law (video)
A federal judge struck another blow to the state’s voter ID law this week – ruling the Legislature’s attempted fix does nothing to address the problems the courts have raised throughout the six-year legal fight.
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Guides
Hey, Texplainer: What social media information is subject to state open records laws?
You can request anything under the state’s Public Information Act. Whether that information is up for grabs, however, is a different story.
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Politics
As 2018 heats up, Will Hurd “bromance” puts Beto O’Rourke in awkward position
Will Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, at the top of the Democrats’ statewide ticket, stand on the sidelines as his party goes all out to defeat his friend, U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, in 2018?
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: North Texas voters set to see new faces, familiar names
Families in politics are nothing new — they’re all over history and, for that matter, the current Texas Legislature. But the upcoming Senate primary in Collin County offers a fresh twist on the theme.