In December, the House updated its sexual harassment policy after reports from The Texas Tribune and The Daily Beast put a spotlight on the widespread misconduct.
May 2018
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Campus Correspondents
T-Squared: We’re launching a Facebook group for college students. Join Campus Correspondents
The Texas Tribune is launching a Facebook group to explore higher education news and policy with college students.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: Four declared candidates for Texas speaker — and at least one “No way!”
In a political season where people are watching to see who will announce a race for speaker of the Texas House, here’s something completely different: a non-candidacy.
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Seawater desalination plant proposed for Corpus Christi area
The proposed plant would be constructed in the city of Gregory and would be one of the first in Texas to use only seawater.
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Texas Elections 2018
Lupe Valdez bounces back in fundraising but Andrew White has more to spend ahead of runoff
In the Democratic runoff for governor, Lupe Valdez raised $208,000 from Feb. 25 through Saturday, while White received $179,000, according to new filings with the Texas Ethics Commission.
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Immigration
Trump administration preparing to shelter migrant children on Texas military bases
Three of the bases being considered to warehouse migrant children are in Texas — the Army’s Fort Bliss, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Dyess Air Force Base.
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Demographics
Judge allows group of “Dreamers” to formally fight Texas’ lawsuit to end DACA
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund can represent a group of young undocumented immigrants in opposing a lawsuit aimed at ending an Obama-era immigration program shielding people like them from deportation.
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Health care
Texas sues the maker of OxyContin over the opioid epidemic
The Texas Attorney General’s Office says Purdue Pharma fueled “the nation’s opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers,” including OxyContin.
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Economy
Arlington offered Amazon $921 million to build its HQ2 in Texas
The North Texas city said Tuesday it’s “no longer moving forward” in the high-stakes, high-profile competition to host Amazon’s second headquarters.
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Guides
Texas ranks 36th nationally in per-student education spending. Here’s how much it spends.
Total spending on public education has stayed relatively steady over the past decade. But who is paying for it has shifted.
